INDEX, 



509 



Beef, cost of, . . . . . ... . . . 77 



Beef production, essentials of success in, ..... G7 



Beef protluction, importance of early maturity in, . . . 71 

 Beef production in New England, lecture on, by Prof. J. W. 



Sanborn, .......... 61 



Biological Survey, United States, work of the, .... 192 



Bird boxes, concerning the use of, . . . . . .124 



Birds as insect destroj-ers, . . . . . . 129, 193 



Birds, enemies of, ....... . 143, 146 



Birds, food habits of, concerning the, .... 118, 192 



Birds, insectivorous, protection of, ..... . xiv 



Birds on a farm, two years with the, lecture on, by Edward II. 



Forbush, HI 



Birds, report of conmiittee on gypsy moth, insects and, . . 265 



Birds, young, insects eat6n by, ...... 129 



Blackleg vaccine, concerning the use of , . . . . . 185 



Board of Agricidture. See Agriculture, Board of. 



Boston butter market, statistics of , . . . . . . 305 



Boston milk supjjly, statistics of, ..... . 312 



Boutvvell, Ex-Gqv. George S., address by, at anniversary meeting, 18 

 Boxes, bird, concerning the use of, . . . . . .124 



Brigham, Assistant Secretary J. H., lecture by, on work of the 



United States DeiJartment of Agriculture, .... 182 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, mortgage of pi'opei'ty of, . 5 



Brooks, Prof. Wm. P., statement by, on experiments with corn, 175 

 Bureau, Cattle. See Cattle Bureau. 

 Bureau, Daiiy. Sec Dairy Bureau. 



Butter market, Boston, concerning the, ' . . . . . 305 



Butter, renovated, enforcement of the law relating to, . . 302 



Carpenter, Geo. P., resolutions of sympathy to, . . . 84 



Cattle Bureau, concerning the, ....... x 



Cattle Bureau, financial statement of the, ..... 322 



Cattle Bureau, orders of the, relating to foot and mouth disease, 340 



Cattle Biu'eau, recommendations of the, ..... 377 



Cattle Bureau, second semiamiual report of the, . . .321 

 Cattle Bureau, work of the, against contagious diseases of do- 

 mestic animals, ......... 324 



Chemistry, United States Bureau of, woi'k of the, . . . 198 

 College, Massachusetts Agricultural. See Agricultural College. 



Corn, experiments with, statement of, by Prof. Wm. P. Brooks, 175 



Corn, fertilizers for, . . . . . . . . 176 



Cotton, Egj^ptian, concernmg, . . . . . . . 25 



Cows, abortion in, concerning, ....... 172 



Cows, tuberculous, infectiousness of milk in, „ . . 184 



Creameries in Massachusetts, list of, ..... 308 



