SYNOPSIS. 73 



Thirteenth Report, 1865-66. 533 pages. 

 Part I., 39S pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; report of commissioners on contagious 

 diseases among cattle ; report on contagiousness of pleuro-pneumonia, 

 pathological anatomy, period of incubation, by Dr. E. F. Thayer. 



Public winter meeting of Board at Worcester: opening address by Dr. 

 George B. Loring ; lecture on the State farms should constitute great 

 breeding establishments for some one exclusive, distinct, pure-bred 

 class of stock, by Chas. L. Flint ; lecture on agriculture as an employ- 

 ment, its dignity and requirements, by Prof. P. A. Chadbourne ; dis- 

 cussion on diseases of animals ; lecture on agricultural value of birds, 

 by E. A. Samuels ; report on sheep raising, by Edward M. Gardner ; 

 lecture on adaptation of plants to the world, to soil, climate, etc., by 

 Prof. P. A. Chadbourne ; lecture on meteorology, by F. L. Capen ; address 

 on grape culture, seedlings, soil, aspect, planting, propagation, grape 

 growing profitable, by E. W. Bull ; lecture on the political economy 

 of agriculture, by Prof. John Bascom. 



Annual meeting : reports of committees : manures and their application ; 

 drainage ; woodlands and forest trees ; fruit culture ; relative value 

 of milk ; the dairy ; farm accounts ; raising and preservation of 

 seeds ; agricultural survey of the State, counties of Nantucket, Dukes, 

 Plymouth, Middlesex, Worcester, Worcester North, Worcester South, 

 Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, Berkshire ; report on the grape ; 

 diseases of swine. 



The State cabinet and agricultural library ; the cattle plague. 



Appendix : report of delegates appointed to visit exhibitions of societies : 

 Essex, Middlesex, Middlesex North, Middlesex South, Worcester North, 

 Worcester South, Worcester South-east, Hampshire, Franklin and 

 Hampden, Hampshire, Highland, Eastern Hampden, Franklin County, 

 Berkshire, Housatonic, Norfolk County, Bristol County, Plymouth 

 County, Barnstable Count}^, Martha's Vineyard. 



Returns of societies ; finances, analysis of premiums and gratuities. 



Index. 



Part II., 135 pages. 



Preface. Officers of societies. Exhibitions for 18C6. 



Reports of committees : farms, reclaimed lands, orchards, manures, grain 



crops, root crops, cranberries, milch cows, the dairy, horses, sheep. 

 Agricultural statistics for 1805. 

 Index. 



Fourteenth Report, 1866-67. 525 pages. 

 Part I., 374 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint; report of commissioners on contagious 

 diseases among cattle. 



