562 INDEX. 



Babcock milk tester, use and value of the, 86, 105, 110, 114, 153, 158. 



Bachelder, N. J., lecture by, on bow can boards of agriculture help the farmers, 19. 



Bancroft, Win., resolutions by Board of Agriculture on the death of, 10. 



Barnstable County Agricultural Society, returns of the, 264. 



Barton, Henry A., address of welcome by, before the Board of Agriculture at Dal- 



ton, 15. 

 Berkshire Agricultural Society, approval of mortgage of, 5. 

 Berkshire Agricultural Society, returns of the, 264. 

 Birds as protectors of orchards, essay on, by E. H. Forbush, 347. 

 Blackstone Valley Agricultural Society, returns of the, 265. 

 Books on agriculture, text, concerning, 40. 

 Books, the ethics of, lecture on, by Mrs. Alonzo Towle, 122. 

 Boston milk supply, concerning the, 54, 258. 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, approval of sale of property of the, 4. 

 Bristol County Agricultural Society, returns of the, 266. 

 Brooks, Prof. Wm. P , essay by, on field crops, 315. 

 Bureau, Dairy, filth annual report of the, 239. 

 Butter, process, concerning, 117, 247. 



Canker-worms, concerning, 352, 357, 370. 

 Cattle Commissioners, Board of, annual report of the, 425. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, instructions by, to inspectors of animals and pro- 

 visions, 428. 

 Cattle Commissioners, Board of, roster of, 399. 

 Cattle, tuberculosis in. See Tuberculosis. 



College, Massachusetts Agricultural. See Agricultural College. 

 Competition, concerning, 99. 

 Corn, Indian, food value of, 316. 

 Corn, Indian, harvesting of, 324.' 

 Corn, Indian, history of, 318. 



Corn, Indian, manures, fertilizers and soil for, 320. 

 Corn, Indian, planting and culture of, 323. 

 Corn, Indian, varieties and statistics of production of, 319. 

 Cows at fairs, proper testing of, 256. 

 Cows, warming of water for, 118. 

 Cream, concerning the sale of, 60. 

 Creameries, methods of conducting, 105. 

 Crops, field, certain, food value of, 315. 

 Crops, field, essay on, by Prof. Wm. P. Brooks, 315. 



Dairy Bureau, fifth annual report of the, 239. 



Dairy Bureau, financial statement of the, 259. 



Dairy Bureau, officers and members of the, 241. 



Dairy tests, home, concerning, 259. 



Dairying, modern, the necessities and demands of, lecture on, by ex-Gov. W. D. 



Hoard, 93. 

 Dalton, citizens of, resolutions of the Board of Agriculture concerning the, 163. 

 Dalton, public winter meeting of the Board of Agriculture at, 15. 

 Dalton, special meeting of the Board of Agriculture at, 9. 

 Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society, returns of the, 267. 

 Dendrolene as an insecticide, 370. 



Directory of agricultural and similar organizations, 397. 

 Drain land, how to, 375. 

 Drainage, land, effects of, 372. 



Drainage, land, hints on, essay on, by Wm. Wheeler, 372. 

 Drains, laying out and construction of, 381. 



Eastern Hampden Agricultural Society, returns of the, 268. 

 Emulsion, kerosene, as an insecticide, 368. 



