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State Board of Agriculture, 1905, v 



Report of the Secretary, . . . . . . . . vii 



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



Summer Meeting of the Board at Amherst, .... 7 



Abstract of Address : Harness your Forces. By Dr. G. M. 



Twitchell, 8 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at South Framingham. . 15 

 Address of Welcome by John M. Merriam, Esq., . . .'15 

 Response for the Board by First Vice-President William R. 



Sessions, .......... 20 



Lecture : Producing and Marketing of Milk. By Mr. Frank B. 



Allen, 22 



Lecture: The Profitable Dairy Cow. By Prof. C. S. Plumlj, . Gl 

 Lecture : The Advisability of Agricultural Education in Ele- 



mentarj' Schools. By Prof. L. H. Bailey, .... 93 

 Lectm'e : Present Definitions of Soil Fertility. Bj^ Dr. W. IL 



Jordan, .......... 121 



Introductory Address by Dr. L. M. Palmer, .... 156 



Address by His Excellency Governor John L. Bates, . . 157 

 Lecture: Food Adulteration and the Farmer. By Dr. IL W. 



Wiley, 167 



Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Board, . . . 197 

 Report of Committee on Agricultural Societies, . . . 207 

 Report of Committee on Experiments and Station Work, . . 208 

 Report of Committee on Foi'estry, Roads and Roadside Improve- 

 ments, 210 



Report of Cominittee on Institiites and Public Meetings, . . 213 



Report of Committee on Massachusetts Agricultural College, . 214 



Report of Committee on Gypsy Moth, Insects and Birds, . . 217 



Third Annual Report of the State Nursery Inspector, . . 243 



Sixth Semiannual Report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, . 251 



Fourteenth Annual Report of tlie State Dairy Bureau, . . 329 



First Annual Report of tlie State Forester, .... 347 

 Essay: The Hay Croj) in Massachusetts. By Prof. Wm. P. 



Brooks, 357 



Essay: The Growing of Mushrooms. By Dr. Geo. E. Stone, . 377 



