514 



INDEX. 



Resolutions of sympathy to Mr. Geo. P. Carpenter, . 



liesolutious on the retirement of Secretary Stockwell, 



lleturns of societies, ....... 



liice, concerning the production of, .... 



Road Inquiry, Office of, Avork of the United States, . 



Roads, American, concerning, ..... 



Roads, endoAvment of, ..... . 



Roads, English, concerning, ..... 



Roads, Roman, concerning, ..... 



Roads and roadside improvements, report of committee on for 

 estry, ......... 



Roadside improvement, essay on, by W. C. Jewett, . 



Rollins as destroyers of insects, .... 



Robinson, John 11., essay by, on some inexpensive ways of mak- 

 ing farm poultry more profitable, ...... 



Russell, Ex-Secretary John E., letter by, at annivei'sary meeting. 



84 

 250 

 478 



27 

 195 

 211 

 236 

 209 

 207 



258 

 279 

 132 



395 

 45 



Sanborn, Prof. J. W., essay by, on improvement of pastures, . 425 

 Sanborn, Prof. J. ^V., lecture by, on beef production in New 



England, .......... 61 



Sanitation, report of committee on domestic animals and, . . 255 

 San Jose scale, concerning a jjarasitic enemy of the, . 29, 200 



Schools, agricultural, concerning, . . . . . . 35 



Schools, teaching of agriculture in, . . . . . . 39 



Season of 1902, progress of the, ...... xxiv 



Sessions, Hon. Wm. R., response by, at iniblic winter meeting, 59 



Sheep and goats in work of Cattle Bureau, diseases of, . . 375 

 Societies, agricultural. See Agricultural societies. 

 Societies of Massachusetts, the agricultural, essay on, by Q. L. 



Reed, 273 



Soils, Bureau of, work of the United States, .... 186 

 Song sparrow as an insect destroyer, the, . . . . .140 



"Sparrow, chipping, as an insect destroyer, Ihe, . . . 138 

 Spencer Farmers' and Mechanics' Association, mortgage of j^rop- 



erty of, .......... 4 



Squirrels as destroj'ers of birds, ..... 152, 156 



Statistics, Division of, work of the United States, . . . 190 



Statistics of foot and mouth disease, ...... 352 



Statistics of glanders, ........ 363 



Statistics of population in the United States, . . . . 91 



Steer, good, what constitutes the, ...... 69 



Steer, t^^jie of, and time of maturity, ..... 72 



Steers, feeding land through, ....... 76 



Stock, dairy, the need and economic value of improvement in, 



lecture on, Vjy Geo. II. Ellis, ...... 162 



Stockwell, Secretary, resolutions on retirement of, . . . 250 



