578 



INDEX. 



Agriculture, Board of, publications of the, . . . . 



Agriculture, Board of, report of the, to the Legislature, acting 



as overseers of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Agriculture, Board of, special business meetings of the. 

 Agriculture, Board of, summer meeting of the, at Amherst, 

 Agriculture, Board of, Cattle Bureau of the, report of the, 

 Agriculture, Board of. Dairy Bureau of the, report of the, 

 Akerman, Alfred, rejjort by, as State Forester, 

 Allen, Frank B., lecture b}', on producing and marketmg of 



milk, .......... 



Amherst, summer meeting of the Board of Agriculture at. 

 Animals, results of inspection of, in woi'k of Cattle Bureau, 

 Apple barrels and boxes, concerning, .... 



Apples, grading, concerning, ...... 



Apples, harvesting and marketing, essay on, b}- Prof. F. > 



Waugh, ......... 



Apples, jjicking, concerning, ...... 



Apples, selling, concerning methods of, . 

 Appropriations for agricultural purposes, legislative, 

 Attorney-General, opinion of, concerning enzootic ophthalmia. 



PA6B 

 XX 



214 

 3 

 7 

 251 

 329 

 347 



22 



7 



258 



391 



389 



386 

 386 

 393 

 xxi 

 322 



Bailey, Prof. L. H., lecture by, on the advisability of agricultural 



education in elementary schools, ...... 93 



Bates, His Excellency Governor John L., addi-ess by, . . 157 



Bee diseases, concerning, ....... 418 



Bee keeping : how to meet its dangers and diiliculties, essay on, 



by Burton N. Gates, 411 



Bee moth or " wax worm," concerning tlie, .... 414 



Bee stock, improved, concerning, ...... 422 



Bees, how destroyed, ........ 422 



Bees, races of, concerning, ....... 424 



Bees, robbing, ......... 416 



Bees, wintering, . . . . . . . . .412 



Bird diminution, causes of, 477, 536 



Bird protection, educational Avork in, ..... 517 



Birds, decrease of certain, and its causes, with suggestions for 



bird protection, special report on, by P2dward 11. Forbush, . 429 



Birds, destruction of, by the elements, 430 



Birds in Massachusetts, the early abundance of, . . . 435 

 Birds in past centuries, the decrease of, . . . . .437 



Birds, natural enemies of the, ....... 487 



Birds, protection of, a discussion of some suggestions for the 



better, 514, 536 



Birds, protection of the smaller species of, ... . 531 



Birds reported as diminishing in numbers, .... 452 

 Birds, special report on, concerning a, .... . 202 



