TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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State Board of Agriculture, 1912, v 



Report of the Secretary, vii 



Summary of Crop Conditions, 1911, xxxii 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at Barre, .... 1 



Address of Welcome by Mr. James A. Rice, 3 



Response for the Board by Secretary Ellsworth, .... 4 

 Lecture: The Influence of Soil Variation on Crop Production. 



By Mr. H. J. Wilder, 7 



Lecture: The Advantages of New England as a Fruit-Growing 



Center. By Mr. G. A. Drew, 32 



Lecture: Soiling and Summer Silage. By Mr. H. 0. Daniels, 52 

 Lecture: The Production of Sanitary Milk by our Present Milk 



Producers. By Dr. Chas. E. North, 05 



Lecture: The Rights of the Producer in the Consumer's Dollar. 



By Dr. G. M. Twitchell, 92 



Summer Field Meeting of the Board at Concord, . . .117 

 Essay: The Growing and Marketing of Squashes, Melons and 



Cucumbers. By Mr. H. M. Howard, 123 



Essay: Cabbage and Cauliflower as Market-Garden and Farm 



Crops. From Farmer's Bulletin 433, by Mr. L. C. Corbett, 130 

 Essay: The More Important Root Crops of the Market Garden. 



By Mr. H. F. Tompson, 139 



Essay: Beans, Corn, Tomatoes, Lettuce and Spinach as Market- 

 Garden Crops. By Mr. H. M. Howard, 148 



Essay: Some of the Essentials of Beekeeping. By. Dr. B. N. 



Gates, 154 



Tenth Annual Report of the State Nursery Inspector, . . 171 



Fourth Annual Report of the State Ornithologist, . . . 183 



Second Annual Report of the State Inspector of Apiaries, . . 215 



Twenty-first Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, . . 223 



Eighth Annual Report of the State Forester, .... 243 

 Twentieth Semi-annual Report of the Chief of the Cattle 



Bureau, 315 



Returns of the Agricultural Societies, 343 



Agricultural Directory, 353 



Index, 381 



