INDEX. 465 



Plum, black-knot ou the, concerning- the, 168. 



Plum, cultivation of the, 168. 



Plum curculio, concerning the, 108, 170. 



Plum, Japan, concerning the, 179. 



Plum, varieties of the, desii-able, 169. 



Plymouth County Agricultural Society, returns of the, 326. 



Poem by Dr. Geo. M. Tvvitchell, 104. 



Points, scale of, judging animals by, lecture on, by Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell, 

 90. 



Points, scale of, judging by, 3, 180. 



Police officers for special service at agricultural and horticultural exhi- 

 bitions, act providing for the assignment of, 440. 



Printing and distribution of certain reports and pu])lic documents, laws 

 concerning the, 433. 



Prizes, objections to the committee system of awarding, 92. 



Quince, cultivation and varieties of the, 169. 

 Quince stock, grafting the pear on the, 105. 



Rales or rattles, concerning, 228. 



Rations, balanced, feeding of, 62, 75. 



Raupeuleira or insect lime, use of, 281. 



Real estate owned by certain agricultural societies exempt from taxation ; 



also act relating to, 440. 

 Representatives, House of, order of, relative to work of the gypsy moth 



committee, 298. 

 Resolutions of the Board of Agriculture on the death of Mr. J. M. W. 



Yerrinton, 18. 

 Resolutions of the Board of Agriculture relative to protecting public 



forest reservations, 340. 

 Rowley, J. H., address of welcome by, before the Board of Agriculture at 



Great Barrington, 23. 

 Russell, John E., lecture by, on the horse, 115. 

 Russet apples, varieties of, 189. 

 Rye with commercial fertilizers, raising of, 34, 51. 



Scale of points, judging animals by, lecture on, l)y Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell, 



90. 

 Scale of points, judging by, 3, 180. 

 Scoring of a horse, the, 105. 

 Seedlings, growing of, 191. 

 Sequence, the law of, 53. 

 Schools, high, establishment of, 135. 

 Schools, manual training in, 136. 

 Shoeing of horses, concerning the, 122, 124. 

 Societies, agricultural, certain, standing of, 3, 11. 

 Societies, agricultural, property of, exempt from taxation, 440. 

 Societies, agricultural, real estate owned by certain, act relating to, 440. 

 Societies, agricultural, recommendations of the Board of Agriculture for 



the, 453. 

 Societies, agricultural, returns of the, 305. 

 Societies, agricultural, returns of the, summary of, 335. 



