66 AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Poore ; agricultural headwork, by A. R. Pope ; the American farmer, 

 by Leverett Saltonstall ; sciences applicable to farming, by Dr. Edward 

 Hitchcock ; educated farm labor, by Oliver Marcy ; the State Farm, by 

 Chas. L. Flint ; the culture of fruit, by Marshall P. Wilder ; the prac- 

 tical farmer, by Chas. L. Flint. 



Reports of committees : farms, reclaimed swamps, orchards, forest trees, 

 hedges, ploughing, manures, Indian corn, wheat, rye, oats, beans, 

 broom-corn, root crops, cranberries, farm implements, dairy stock, 

 neat stock, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, products of the dairy, fruits 

 and flowers, vegetables, domestic manufactures. 



Essay on destruction of insects injurious to vegetation, by Samuel P. 

 Fowler. 



Meteorological observations, by John Brooks of Princeton. 



Index. 



Fifth Report, 1857. 708 pages. 

 Part I., 329 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; usefulness of agricultural exhibitions ; 

 meeting to consider expediency of a new State agricultural society, 

 minutes and resolutions ; special meeting Board of Agriculture ; State 

 cattle show and agricultural fair at Boston, reports on improved Short- 

 horns, North Devons, Ayrshires, Herefords, Jerseys, grade or native 

 stock, milch cows, working oxen, fat cattle, calves, thoroughbred 

 horses, roadsters, horses for general utility, sheep, swine, poultry, agri- 

 cultural products, fruits, the dairy, agricultural implements, wine, ento- 

 mology ; cotton-seed cake and meal ; reports of committees on State 

 Farm, labor, crops, stock, improvements ; the library and museum. 



Reports of delegates appointed to visit exhibitions of societies : Essex, 

 Middlesex, Middlesex North, Middlesex South, Worcester County West, 

 Worcester North, Worcester South, Worcester, Hampshire, Franklin 

 and Hampden, Hampshire, Eastern Hampden, Franklin County, Berk- 

 shire, Norfolk County, Bristol County, Plymouth Comity, Barnstable 

 County, Nantucket. 



Appendix : catalogue of agricultural library in secretary's office ; inven- 

 tory of stock, crops, tools, etc., personal property, cash account ot 

 treasurer, State Farm at Westborough ; returns of societies, finances, 

 analj-sis of premiums and gratuities. 



Index. 



Part II., 379 pages. 



Preface. Officers of societies. 



Addresses to the societies : the farmer's home and its embellishments, by 

 E. G. Kelley ; agricultural heartwork, by Charles Babbidge ; articles 

 of food, by E. F. Sherman ; agriculture in its relations to the sciences, 

 by Geo. M. Preston ; how to be better farmers, by Prof. John A. Nash ; 

 the farmer's position, by Justus Tower ; farming in some of its intel- 

 lectual aspects, by Alvan Lamson ; system of agricultural education, 

 by Geo. S. Boutwell ; forethought in farming, by A. B. Whipple. 



