INDEX 



TO THE SECRETARY'S REPORT, 



Page. 



Adams, A. R, report by, 293,294 



Adaptation of plants to soil, climate, iS:c., lecture on, 131 



Adaptation of the animal to the vegetable kingdom, 142, 143 



Agricultural library, 334 



Agricultural and other pursuits compared, 62, G8, 188, 191 



Agriculture as an employment, lecture on, 187, 192, 196 



Alderneys, 31,37,38,40,49 



Apple culture, 177, 178, 248 



Apples, characteristics of difterent, 179, 180 



Apple tree borers, 180, 181 



Apple tree caterpillars, 182, 183, 228 



Apple trees, planting of, 178 



Ayrshires and Alderneys, crossing between, 27, 31, 32 



Ayrshires, peculiarities of, 28, 38, 39, 41, 42, 49 



Bascom, Prof. John, lecture by, 187, 189, 192, 196 



Bee culture, 314, 315, 316, 319, 320 



Bees, Italian, 317 



Berkshire County, agricultural survey of, . » . . . . 310, 311, 317, 320 



Berkshire County, principal crops raised in, 311, 312 



Berkshire County, thoroughbred stock in, 314 



Birds, agricultural value of, 9/4, 99, 104, 111, 117 



Birds, protection for the, 182, 183, 228 



Blackbirds, habits and food of, 113, 114 



Board of Agriculture, annual meeting at Boston, \ 197 



Board of Agriculture, meeting at Worcester, 23, 197 



Bull, E. W., lecture by, ' . 150, 158, 160, 168 



Bull, E. W., report by, 323, 327, 329 



Cattle breeding, discussion on, 45, 49, 53, 56 



Cattle, diseases among, . . . 6, 9, 12, 19, 22, 25, 69, 70, 75, 79, 85, 94, 330, 334 



Cattle plague, 334 



Capen, Mr., lecture by, '..... 147, 149 



Chadbourne, Prof. P. A., lecture by, 57, 61, 64, 69, 131, 147 



Cheese, average produce of from milk of one cow, 231 



Cheese factories, results of experiments in, 231, 232, 234 



Cheese, manufacture of, . . 234, 236, 237 



Cleaveland, D. A., report by, 265, 270, 271 



Clement, Asa, report by, 215,220,226 



Committees on essays, . • . . . 322 



Contagious diseases among catttle . . 6, 9, 12, 19, 22 



Crows and jays, habits and food of, 114,115 



Cuckoos, agricultural value of, 95, 96, 117 



