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INDEX. 



PAGB3 



Oleomargarine, amount handled in Boston, ...... 158 



tables relating to, ....... . 161 



Ornithologist, State, assistant to, need of, . . . . . .115 



concerning, ........ 43 



ninth annual report of, by E. H. Forbush, . . . 101 



publications by, ....... 102 



Pine, white, blister rust on, . . . . . . . . .75 



Poultry, premium bounty, ......... 49 



production, reduction in, . . . . . . . .26 



turkeys, achievements in raising, ...... 27 



Purple martin, ........... 123 



Renovated butter, production of, in the United States, .... 158 

 Report on the birds of Massachusetts by E. H. Forbush, need of, . . 114 



Rural credits, ........... 15 



Seed situation for 1917, 23 



Sparrow, English, nesting-box trap for, . . . . . . .117 



Spray poison, effect on bees, ......... 140 



Spraying, effect on birds, ......... 122 



Starling, destructiveness of, to fruit and grain, ...... 115 



State Forester. (See Forester, State.) 



State Inspector of Apiaries. (See Apiaries, State Inspector of.) 

 State Nursery Inspector. (See Nursery Inspector, State.) 

 State Ornithologist. (See Ornithologist, State.) 



Tractor for Massachusetts, ......... 18 



Trap for English sparrows, . . . . . . . . .117 



Trespass laws, extracts from, . . ... . . . . .58 



Turkey raising, achievements in, by Margaret Mahanney, . . . .27 



Wheeler, Wilfrid, sixty-fourth annual report of Secretary of Board of Agricul- 

 ture by, ..... 



White pine blister rust, concerning, 

 Wild game, .... 

 Winter loss of bees, 

 Wrens, successful nesting site for. 



22, 75, 80 

 . 28 

 . 144 

 . 119 



