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Agricultural College, value of, 6, 7 



Agricultural education, importance of, 80, 89 



Agricultural fairs and their purposes, address on, 55, 62 



Agricultural labor not benefited by association, 21, 27 



Agricultural production, why it had not increased, 20, 21, 22 



Agricultural schools in Europe, 73 



Agricultural science is empirical, 68, 69 



Agriculture, importance of study in, 47, 48 



Agriculture in Massachusetts, decline of, 83, 84, 85, 92, 102, 104 



Agriculture in Massachusetts, essay on, 83, 91 



Agriculture of Massachusetts, address on, 1, 10, 16 



American dairying, value of, 198 



Animals and plants, their functions similar, 35, 36 



Apple, cultivation of the, and its importance, 125 



Artificial fertilizers should be used understandingly, 109, 110 



Ayrshires and their value, 170, 171, 175, 177 



Baden, system of constructing roads in, 221, 235, 254, 255, 256 



Bascom, Prof. J, address by, 55, 62 



Beets, cultivation of, 137 



Bone meal for poultry, 188 



Brahmas, standard of points of excellence in 189 



Brahmas, value of, 185, 189 



Breeds of cattle will adapt themselves to any locality, 3 



Buds and their history, 33, 36, 39 



Bulls, reports on, 166, 176, 178 



Butler, Benj. F., address by, 17, 25, 33 



Butter, manufacture of, 195, 198 



Butter, product of, annually, 198 



Cabbages, best varieties of, and their culture, 139, 140 



Calves and their management, 173, 174 



Carrots for the table, and for stock, 136 



Change of system in management of roads required, 303 



Cheese and its manufacture, 196, 197, 198, 199 



Cheese factories, number of in New York and Massachusetts, .... 199 



Circulation of the sap in plants, 42, 43 



Committees at fairs, duties of, 58 



Cranberry meadows, treatment of, 155 



Crevecoeurs, characteristics of, 185 



Crops in Massachusetts past and present, . 85, 87 



Dairy products, report on, 193, 196, 198 



Davis, A. B., report by, 186, 188 



Decline of agriculture in Massachusetts, 83, 84, 85 



Development of the bud and seed, 38, 39, 40 



