68 AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Seventh Report, 1859. 575 pages. 



Part I., 247 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; expiration of contract with State Farm. 



Reports of committees : on application of manures ; renovation of exhausted 

 pastures ; cattle husbandry ; diseases of vegetation ; general fruit cult- 

 ure, thorough drainage and proper preparation of soil, appropriate soil 

 and location, climatic and meteorological agencies, manures and their 

 application, importance of producing from seed new and improved 

 varieties suited to each locality, pear upon quince stock, preservation 

 and ripening of fruit, diseases and insects injurious to vegetation, profits 

 of fruit culture, pruning ; culture of the grape ; root crops ; market 

 days ; encouragement of farmers 1 clubs ; agricultural education. 



The agricultural museum ; pleuro-pneumonia. 



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

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

 Worcester North, Worcester South, Hampshire, Franklin and Hamp- 

 den, Hampshire, Highland, Eastern Hampden, Franklin County, Berk- 

 shire, Housatonic, Norfolk County, Bristol County, Plymouth County, 

 Barnstable County, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard. 



Appendix : catalogue of plants ; inventory of personal'property, stock, tools 

 and implements, treasurer's report, State Farm at Westborough ; re- 

 turns of societies, finances, analysis of premiums and gratuities. 



Index. 



Part II., 328 pages. 



Officers of societies. 



Addresses to the societies : observation and experiment, by J. J. H. Greg- 

 ory ; agriculture in the public schools, by Rufus P. Stebbins ; the duty 

 of the farmer to his calling, by George S. Boutwell ; agricultural edu- 

 cation, by Dr. George B. Loring ; the use of mind in farming, by T. T. 

 Waterman ; the farmer, as he was, is, and is to be, by E. W. B. Can- 

 ning ; progress of farming, by Henry W. Bishop ; dignity of labor, by 

 Henry F. Durant. 



Reports of committees : farms, reclaimed lands, under-draining, orchards, 

 ploughing, manures, Indian corn, wheat, barley, oats, root crops, farm 

 implements, neat stock, cattle breeding in Norfolk County, milch cows, 

 Jerseys, Devons, Shorthorns, working oxen, fat cattle, horses, sheep, 

 swine, poultry, dairy products, fruits. 



Plan for investigating the potato disease, by Wilson Flagg. 



Horse and ox shoeing, by David Stiles, Jr. 



Appendix : general statutes relating to agriculture. 



Index. 



Eighth Report, 1860. 586 pages. 

 Part I., 344 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint; memorial to Board of Agriculture con- 

 cerning pleuro-pneumonia ; report of commissioners appointed for 



