INDEX. 463 



Horses, dry brewers' grain for feeding, 125. 



Horses, feeding of, 116, 126. 



Horses, heaves in, 127. 



Horses, mane of, 118. 



Horses, measuring of , 119. 



Horses, Perclieron, concerning, 122. 



Horses, shoeing of, 122, 124. 



Horses, teeth of, 121. 



Horses, watering of, 117. 



Horticultural societies. See Societies. 



Husbandry, Patrons of, officers of, 408. 



Individuality of dairy cows, concerning the, 64. 



Industrial classes, education for the agricultural and other, lecture on, by 



Prof. Geo. F. Mills, 129. 

 Insect enemies of the apple, 164. 

 Insecticide, Paris green as an, 178, 183. 



Insecticides, use of, in extermination of the gypsy moth, 282, 296. 

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

 Institutes, farmers', relative to the holding of, 7, 453, 454. 



Japan plum, concerning the, 179. 



Judging animals by scale of points, lecture on, by Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell, 



90. 

 Judging by scale of points, 3, 186. 



Kerosene oil as a preventive of the liorn fly, 71. 



Law of sequence, the, 53. 



Laws relating to the agricultural and horticultural societies, 435. 



Laws relating to the Board of Agriculture, 421. 



Laws relating to tlie Cattle Commissioners, 214, 219. 



Laws relating to the Dairy Bureau, 423, 426. 



Laws relating to the State Agricultural Experiment Station, 431. 



Legislation, oleomargarine, need of further, 242. 



Lyman, Dr. Chas. P., paper by, on tuberculosis in cattle, 221. 



Mane of horses, concerning the, 118. 



Manual training in schools, 136. 



Manure, food on, eflect of, 45. 



Manure, stable, analysis of, 45. 



Manure, stable, economy of the use of, 29. 



Manure, stable, fertilizers vs., 38, 44. 



Manure, water in, amount of, 46. 



Manuring, green, concerning the practice of, 38. 



Market gardening, use of fertilizers in, 37. 



Marshfleld Agricultural and Horticultural Society, returns of the, 320. 



Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society, returns of the, 321. 



Massachusetts, education in, beginnings of, 129. 



Massachusetts, fruit growing in, opportunities for and possibilities of, 171. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. See College. 



Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. See Experiment Station. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, returns of the, 322. 



Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aim of the, 139. 



