TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



The State Board of Agriculture, 



Report of the Secretary to the Legislature, 



Address of J. Lewis Ellsworth, President Worcester Agricultural 



Society, 



Lecture : What have our Experiment Stations done for the Farmers? 



By Prof. G. H. Whitcher, 



Lecture : Birds of Massachusetts. By Dr. B. H. Warren, . » . 



Address of His Excellency Governor J. Q. A. Brackett, . 



Lecture : The Dairy Temperament of Cows. By Governor W. D. 



Hoard, 



Lecture : Some Conditions for Success in New England Agricult- 

 ure. By Dr. G. M. Twitchell, 



Lecture : Law, or Nature's Modes of Action. By Prof. I. P. 



Roberts, 



Lecture: The Agriculture of the Nile Valley. By John E. 



Russell, 



Lecture : The Horse. By C. M. Winslow, 



Lecture : What can Legislation do for Agriculture? By T. S. Gold, 



Minutes of the Annual Meeting, 



Report of the Examining Committee of the Agricultural College, 



Report on the Forests of Massachusetts, 



Report on the Birds of Massachusetts, ...... 



Essay : The Promotion of Agriculture. By F. H. Appleton, . 

 Essay : Care and Management of Milch Cows. By G. L. Clemence, 

 Essay : The Farmer ; his Relations to the Manufacturer and 



Mechanic. By J. G Avery, 



Essay : The Board of Agriculture and the Agricultural Societies 



can they Broaden and Improve their Work? By W. H. Bowker, 

 Essay: Essentials to Success in Farming. By P. M. Harwood, 

 Financial and Premium Tables, .... 

 Directory of Agricultural and Similar Organizations, 

 The State Board of Agriculture, history of, 

 Lettuce and Cucumber Culture under Glass, 

 The Grape Industry in Massachusetts, 

 The Dairy Industry in Massachusetts, 

 Cattle Commissioners' Report, 

 Index, ..... 



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