TXDKX to' SKC^RKTiRY'S REPORT. 559 



Officers of af^friciiltural societies, 279. 



Order of Inisiiiess ■ioverning mcetini^s of tlio Stato Roar.l of A^'ricultnrc, 2('<i. 



Our cli-.uato and soil, adaptation of sonic forajjc crops from oiIut iocaiities, li:}. 



Pastures and pasturing, paper on, l)y T. S. Go],], Secretary Cnnncctic iit SimI.' HoanI 



of Agriculture, 146. 

 Peach Ituds, destruction of, by cold, 348. 



Peirce, John W., i)aper iiy, on water and its siipjily for our cn.iK, 12. 

 Pigs, feeding ex pcrinient.s with, 394. 

 Plants in their relation .<> disease, discussion on, ('>.">. 

 Polled cattle, 192. 

 Potatoes, experiments with, 413. 

 Poultry .and eggs, paper on, by A. C. Hawkins, 224. 

 Public meeting of the State Board at Great Pai-rington, 3. 



Report of coniinittee on credentials, 265. 



Report of committee on assignment of delegates, 270. 



Report on forest trees, ")0l. 



Resolution of the Board relating to tliinl or benefit day ot fairs, 2fiS. 



Sessions, Hon. W. R , paper by, on short-horneii cattle in Massachusetts, 1(J1. 



Sewage, remarks on, liy Henry W. Wilson, 52. 



Sewage, utilization of, 28. 



Shall we plough pastures for their improvement ? 150. 



Slade, Avery P., paper by, on forest tree planting, 130. 



Special fertilizers in fruit culture, experiments with, 439. 



Stock-husbandry in Massachusetts, paper on, liy A. W. Cheever, 177. 



Sturtevant, Dr. E. L., remarks of, on cultivation of corn, 240. 



The Maj' beetle, its dcstructiveness, 252. 



Time and place for holding fairs, 282. 



Trade values of high grade fertilizers, 287. 



Trade values of fertilizing ingredients in the raw, 451. 



Tree planting, 130. 



Tree planting, discussion on, 207. 



Utilization of sewage, paper on, by Henry J. BiU-nes, M. D., 28. 



Valuation of fertilizing ingredients in the raw, 451. 

 Value of experiment stations, 247. 

 Vitality of seed of various weeds, 343. 



Water, diunking, examination of, 4()S. 



Water and its supply for our crops, paper on, by .Toliii W. rcircc, 12. 



Weeds, vitality of seed, 343. 



Weeds and bushes in jiastures, 153. 



Wheeler, M. I., address of, before State Board of Auricnltnrc, 3. 



White grub, 252. 



Wilson, Henry W., remarks by, on sewage, 52. 



Wilson, Henry W., remarks by, on ti-ee planting, 141. 



Woodland, 130. 



Woodland, treatment of, 86. 



Weather record, 474. 



