TABLE OF CO^^TEIS^TS. 



State Board of Agriculture, 1903, ..... 



Rejjort of the Secretary, ....... 



Minutes of Special Meetings of the Board, .... 



Proceedings of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Board, . 

 Address of Gen. Francis H. Appleton, .... 



Address of Lieut. Gov. John L. Bates, . . . 



Address of Ex-Gov. George S. Boutwell, .... 



Address : Some Features of the AV^ork performed by the United 



States Department of Agricultui'e. By Frank H. Hitchcock, 

 Address : Relation of the Board of Agriculture to the Massachu 



setts Agricultural College. By Henry H. Goodell, LL.D., 

 Letter of Ex-Secretary John E. Russell, .... 

 Address of Hon. O. B. Hadwen, ..... 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at North Adams, . 

 Address of Welcome by Acting Mayor Whitaker, 

 Response for the Board by First Vice-President Wm. R. Sessions 

 Lecture : Beef Production in New England. By Prof. J. ^V 



Sanborn, ......... 



Lecture : Our Agricultural Advance. By Prof. F. A. Waugh, 

 Lecture : Two Years with the Birds on a Farm. By Edward II 



Forbush, ......... 



Lecture : The Need and Economic Value of Improvement in Dairy 



Stock. By George H. Ellis, 



Statement of Experiments with Corn. B3- Prof. Wm. P. Brooks 

 Lecture : Work of the United States Department of Agriculture 



By Assistant Secretary J. H. Brigham, .... 

 Lecture : Rights and Duties concerning Highways. By M. F 



Dickinson, Esq., ........ 



Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Board, 



Report of Committee on Agricultui'al Societies, . 



Report of Committee on Domestic Animals and Sanitation, . 



Report of Committee on Experiments and Station AVork, 



Report of Committee on Forestry, Roads and Roadside Improve 



ments, .......... 



Report of Committee on Massachusetts Agricultiu'al College, 

 Report of Committee on Institutes and Public Meetings, 

 Report of Committee on Gypsy Moth, lASjects and Birds, 

 Report of the Librarian, ....... 



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