580 



INDEX. 



Dairy cow, the profitable, lecture on, by Prof. C. S. Plumb 

 Dairy cows, feeding of, . 



Dairy herd, estal)lishing a, . . . . 



Dairying, suitable buildings and surroundings for, 

 Directory of agricultural and similar organizations. 

 Dogs as destroyers of birds, .... 

 Drainage of land to be used for mowing, . 



01 



29 



24 



27 



557 



489 



361 



Education, agricultural, in elementaiy schools, the advisability 



of, lecture on, by Prof. L. H. Bailey, 

 Educational work in bird protection, 

 Educational work of the Dairy Bureau, 

 Eggs, licjuid, concerning, .... 



English sparrow as a destroyer of birds, the, 

 Enzootic ophthalmia in work of the Cattle Bureau, 

 Exhibitions, agricultural, dates of, and assignment of inspec 



tors to, . 

 Exi^eriment Station, Hatch, officers of the. 

 Experiments and station work, report of committee on. 



93 



517 

 335 

 181 

 506 

 320 



204 

 560 

 208 



Fairs, dates of, and assignment of inspectors to, . . . 204 

 Fairs, holding of, changes of time for, ..... 204 



Farm, breeds for the, and farmers as poultry Ijreeders, essay 



on, by John 11. Robinson, ....... 396 



Farm, why the farmer boys leave the, ..... 95 



Farmer, food adulteration and the, lecture on, by Dr. II. A\'. 



Wiley, 167 



Farmers as poultry breeders, breeds for the farm and, essay on, 



by John II. Rolnnson, ........ 396 



Farmers' institutes, concerning, ...... xii 



Farmers' and mechanics' associations, clubs, etc., officers of, . 663 

 Farms, abandoned, concerning, ...... xviii 



Fernald, Dr. H. T., third annual report by, as State Nursery 



Inspector, .......... 243 



Fertility, soil, present definitions of, lecture on, by Dr. W. II. 



Jordan, 121 



Forbush, Edward Howe, special report by, on the decrease of 

 certain birds, and its causes, with suggestions for bird protec- 

 tion, 429 



Forces, harness your, abstract of address on, by Dr. (ieo. M. 



Twitchell 8 



Food, preservatives in, use of, . . . . . . . 175 



Food adulteration and the farmer, lecture on, by Dr. H. W. 



Wiley, 167 



Food valive of milk, ......... 42 



