458 INDEX. 



Apple, insect enemies of the, and tlieir destruction, 164. 



Apple orchards, fertilizers for, 173. 



Apple orchards, locations for, 162, 174, 180. 



Apple trees, pruning of, 179. 



Apple trees, spraying of, 176, 178. 



Apple trade, statistics of the, 163. 



Apples, thinning of, 177. 



Apples, varieties of, desirable, 163, 179, 182, 189. 



Armour Institute in Chicago, aim of the, 140. 



Attleborough Agricultural Association, returns of the, 306. 



Attorney-General, opinion of, concerning standing of certain agricultural 



societies, 14. 

 Auscultation of the chest in examination of cattle, 225. 



Bacilli, tubercle, concerning, 231. 



Baldwin apple, importance and value of the, 182, 188. 



Bancroft, Wm., essay by, on the pleasures of farming, 371. 



Barns and stables, construction and ventilation of, 57, 84. 



Barns and stables, lighting of, 59. 



Barnstable County Agricultural Society, returns of the, 307. 



Bay State Agricultural Society, returns of the, 307. 



Berkshire Agricultural Society, returns of the, 308. 



Black -knot on the plum, concerning the, 168. 



Blackstone Valley Agricultural Society, returns of the, 309. 



Blight, pear, concerning the, 167. 



Blinders on horses, use of, 120. 



Bone, ground, use of, in reseeding grass land, 36. 



Boston milk inspector, co-operation of the Dairy Bureau with the, 239. 



Box stalls for horses, objections to, 116. 



Brewers' grain, dry, for feeding horses, 125. 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, returns of the, 309. 



Burlap bands in gypsy moth work, use of, 266, 270, 281. 



Butchers and tuberculosis, connection between certain, 210. 



Butter exhibition at Great Barrington, concerning the, 245. 



Butter, how oleomargarine is sold for, 242. 



By-laws of the Board of Agriculture, 442. 



Cattle affected with tuberculosis, concerning the paying of an indemnity 

 for, 207. 



Cattle, auscultation of the chest in the examination of, 225. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, annual repoi't of the, 197. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, annual report of the, abstract of, to be 

 printed in report of the Board of Agriculture, 434. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, efforts by, to prevent the spread of tuber- 

 culosis, 197. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, instructions by, to inspectors, 198. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, laws relating to the powers and duties 

 of, 214, 219. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, roster of the, 402. 



Cattle, dairy, the handling and feeding of, lecture on, by W. D. Hoard, 53. 



Cattle, tuberculosis in, causes of, 221. 



Cattle, tuberculosis in, cough in, 230. 



