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dust, ground bones, bone-black, Peruvian guano, superphosphates, fish 

 and fish guano, by Dr. C. A. Goessmann ; essay on art and agriculture, 

 their relations to each other, by Hebron Vincent; the potato beetle. 



Facts and figures from census of 1875. 



Appendix : reports of delegates appointed to visit exhibitions? of societies : 

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

 Worcester County West, Worcester North, Worcester North-west, 

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

 Hampden, Highland, Hampshire, Hampden, Eastern Hampden, 

 Franklin County, Deerfield Valley, Berkshire, llousatonic, Norfolk 

 County, Bristol County, Bristol Central, Plymouth Comity, Hingham, 

 Marsliliehl, Barnstable County, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard. 



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



Part II., 215 pages. 



Preface. Officers of societies. Exhibitions for 1877. 



Addresses to the societies : the relations of agriculture to civilization, by 



Cyras M. Tracy; advantages of New England farm life, by L. F. 



Mellen; the establishment and growth of agricultural societies, by 



Horace J. Canfield ; changes in Massachusetts agriculture, by George 



S. Boutwell. 

 Essays : originating new potatoes, by James J. II. Gregory ; comparative 



value of crops as food for cattle, by Ansel W. Putnam ; soiling cattle, 



by A. L. McKinstry. 

 Reports of committees : farms, improving wet meadows, improving pasture 



and waste land, fruit culture, Indian corn, small grains, root crops, 



vegetables, manures, dairy stock, dairy products, horses, poultry, bread. 

 Essay on the onion smut (illustrated), by Prof. W. G. Farlow. 

 Appendix : laws relating to Board of Agriculture ; to agricultural societies ; 



requirements of Board of Agriculture. 

 Agricultural statistics for 1875. 

 Indexes. 



Twenty-fifth Report, 1877-78. 630 pages. 

 Part I., 408 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; quarter centennial report. 



Public winter meeting of Board at AValtham : opening address by John B. 

 Moore ; address of welcome by Rev. Benton Smith ; lecture on market 

 gardening and vegetable culture (illustrated) , by William D. Philbrick ; 

 lecture on origin and development of cultivated plants, by Prof. P. A. 

 (had bourne; lecture on the breeding, training and management of 

 horses, by John E. Russell ; lecture on the grass and hay crop (illus- 

 trated ) , by ( has. L. Flint ; lecture on hybridization in plants, by Prof. 

 George L. Goodale ; lecture on the management of night soil, by Gen. 

 N. N. Halsted ; lecture on diseases of fruit-bearing trees (illustrated), 

 by Prof. W. G. Farlow. 



Report of commissioners on contagious diseases among cattle. 



