TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Report of Secretaiy, vii 



Minutes of Executive Committee IMeetings, 3 



Address of John G. Avery, 10 



Response of Hon. James S. Grinnell, 12 



Lecture : Home-grown or Purchased Cattle Foods. By Prof. 



James Cheesman, . 16 



Lecture : Fruit Growing in Massachusetts. By J. H. Hale, . 60 

 Lecture : The Channel Islands and Their Agriculture. By Dr. 



H. PL Goodell 99 



Lecture : The Harvest of the Sea ; or, the Relation of the 



Fisheries to Agriculture. By Wm. H. Bowker, .... 120 

 Lecture: The Value of Breeds and Varieties, — how They are 



formed ; the Effect of Food on Breeds. By Prof. I. P, 



Roberts, 162 



Lecture : Work of the Agricultural College and Hatch Experi- 

 ment Station. By Prof. Wm. P. Brooks, 187 



Lecture : Work of the State Agricultural Experiment Station. 



By Dr. C. A. Goessmann, 212 



Lecture : Work of the State Cattle Commission. By Prof. Levi 



Stockbridge, 220 



Lecture : Work of the Gypsy IMoth Committee. By E. H. For- 



bush, 236 



Lecture : Work of the Board of Agriculture. By Wm. R. 



Sessions, 249 



Report of Committee on Extermination of the Gypsy Moth, . 259 



Report of the State Dairy Bureau, 299 



Returns of the Societies, 317 



INIinutes of the Annual Meeting, 851 



Agricultural Exhibitions, 1893, 362 



Report of the Examining Committee of the Agricultural College, 363 

 Essay : ' The Agricultural Experiment Stations of Germany. By 



Dr. J. B. Lindsey, 369 



Essay : The Relation of Public Schools to Agriculture. By J. 



E.Kimball, 404 



Essay: Going West. By L. S. Richards, 413 



Essay : The Benefits resulting from Agricultural Societies. By • 



Q. L. Reed 420 



Directory of Agricultural and Similar Organizations, . . . 427 

 Report on Farmers' Congress at Lincoln, Neb. By Hon. Daniel 



Needham, 444 



Report of the State Cattle Commissioners, 447 



Index, 461 



