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F. Butler ; decline of New England agriculture, by Alvah Crocker ; 

 cattle husbandrj", by Richard Goodman ; woman and home science, by 

 H. W. Parker ; American and European homes, b}^ J. F. Moors ; mutual 

 dependence of our producing industries, by Prof. Levi Stockbridge ; 

 professional education the present want of agriculture, by Prof. AV. S. 

 Clark ; the farmer's advantage, by A. L. Perry ; agriculture in Europe, 

 by Charles G. Davis. 



Reports of committees : farms, under-drainage, reclaimed meadows, reno- 

 vated pastures, apple orchards, vineyards, fruits, canker worm, cran- 

 berry meadows, Indian corn, vegetables, stock, pedigrees of stock, 

 heifers, horses, sheep, poultry, the dairy. 



Supplement : abstract of annual report of trustees of Agricultural College : 

 catalogue of trustees, overseers and faculty, course of study and instruc- 

 tion, summary of meteorological observations for 1870 ; report on pro- 

 duction of beet sugar as an agricultural enterprise in Massachusetts, 

 home resources, cultivation of sugar beets, selection of varieties, soil, 

 planting of seed and treatment, yield of beets, yield of juice and sugar, 

 composition of beet sugar molasses, cellular residue of beet root, prod- 

 uce of leaves, influence of sugar beet cultivation on condition of soil, 

 by Dr. C. A. Goessmann. 



Indexes. 



Nineteenth Report, 1871-72. 764 pages. 

 Part I., 429 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; seeding grass land. 



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

 Nathan Durfee ; discussion on preparation and seeding down of land ; 

 lecture on Utah and the Mormons, by Prof. P. A. Chadbourne ; lecture 

 on food of plants, and sources of supply, by Dr. James R. Nichols ; 

 discussion on farm and garden vegetables ; lecture on the horticultural 

 education of women, by Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney ; lecture on the prin- 

 ciples of breeding, by Chas. L. Flint ; discussion on fruit culture ; 

 lecture on what modern society owes to science, by Dr. George B. 

 Loring. 



Report of commissioners on contagious diseases among cattle ; foot and 

 mouth disease, symptoms, treatment, contagion. 



Annual meeting of Board: essay on management of the dairy, milking, 

 winter feeding, roots, carding, drying oft" a cow, care during time of 

 calving, products of the cow, by John T. Ellsworth ; essay on fruit 

 culture, influence of warm, dry seasons, draining of fruit lands, prepa- 

 ration and cultivation of soil, manures and their application, mulching, 

 thinning, shelter, insects and diseases, by Marshall P. Wilder; report 

 of examining committee of Agricultural College ; report on agri- 

 cultural and horticultural education for women; paper on agricul lure 

 of Eastern Hampshire, by Prof. Levi Stockbridge; report on injurious 

 and beneficial insects of Massachusetts, insects injurious to field crops, 

 to the raspberry, to forest trees (illustrated), by Dr. A. S. Packard, dr. ; 

 the county societies. 



