SUMMER MEETING OE THE BOAED, AT AMHERST. 



The summer meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Thurs- 

 day, June 1(J, 1904, the day following the annual commence- 

 ment of the college. 



The Massachusetts State Grange, the Massachusetts Fruit 

 Growers' Association, the jNIassachusetts Creamery Associa- 

 tion and the Massachusetts Cattle Owners' Association 

 co-operated with the Board of Agriculture, and were repre- 

 sented by many officers and members. Many representa- 

 tives of other agricultural organizations, granges, etc., were 

 also present, — in all, about 500 persons. 



A special business meeting of the Board was held on 

 Wednesday evening. 



On Thursday morning, at 8.30 o'clock, Dr. Henry T. 

 Fernald gave a demonstration of preparing and applying the 

 salt, sulphur and lime wash for the San Jose scale ; also of 

 the fumigation of a tree with hydrocyanic acid gas, to de- 

 stroy the same insect. 



At 9.30 o'clock Prof. F. A. Waugh demonstrated and 

 explained the preparation of Bordeaux mixture, and the 

 different effects produced by spraying with different kinds 

 of nozzles and at high and low pressure. 



At 11 o'clock Prof. Wm. P. Brooks exhibited three lead- 

 ing makes of separators at the dairy school, showing the 

 method of operating and the action of each ; also a demon- 

 stration of the Babcock test and of the Avork of the latest 

 model of Farrington's pasteurizer. 



Lunch was served in the new dining hall to more than 300 

 people. 



At 1.30 o'clock Dr. G. M. Twitchell, Augusta, Me., de- 

 livered at the college chapel a lecture on "Harness your 

 forces," an abstract of which forms a portion of the proceed- 

 ings of this meeting. 



