SYNOPSIS. 87 



Annual meeting of Board : report of examining committee of Agricultural 

 College; essay on a complete life history of the army worm and its 

 parasites, by Prof. C. V. Riley ; report on improvement of salt marshes 

 in town of Marshfield, by Dr. C. A. Goessmann ; statement of history 

 and progress of the Board, by Marshall P. Wilder; notes on trees and 

 tree planting, by Prof. C. S. Sargent ; essay on saving and preparation 

 of manure on the farm, by Dr. II. P. Wakefield ; essay on best methods 

 of offering premiums by agricultural societies, by Edmund Hersey ; 

 essay on green crops as a manure, by Milo J. Smith ; report on fruits, 

 extension of fruit culture and the immense crops of our country, fruits' 

 for Massachusetts, preservation and ripening of fruits, by Marshall P. 

 Wilder; report of State inspector of fertilizers, potash salts, animal 

 dust, bones, Peruvian guano, ammoniated superphosphates, fish, im- 

 proved poudrette, by Dr. C. A. Goessmann ; essay on farmers' insti- 

 tutes, by Hebron Vincent. 



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

 Essex, Middlesex North, Middlesex South, Worcester, Worcester 

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

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

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

 Berkshire, Housatonic, Hoosac Valley, Bristol County, Plymouth 

 County, Hingham, Marshfield, Barnstable County, Nantucket, Martha's 

 Vineyard. 



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



Tart II., 222 pages. 



Preface. Officers of societies. 



Addresses to the societies : elements of success on the farm, by Oliver S. 



Butler ; the old and the new, by Rev. AVashington Gladden ; treatment 



of farm stock, by Henry Bergh. 

 Reports of committees : farms, farm work, ploughing, comparative value 



of crops for fodder, reclaimed meadows, improving pasture and waste 



land, experiments with manures, fruits, Indian corn, wheat, oats, rye, 



field and garden crops, daily stock, breeding horses, sheep, swine, 



poultry, dairy products. 

 Analytical index to " Agriculture of Massachusetts;" reports I. to XXV., 



inclusive. 



Twenty-sixth Report, 1878-79. 510 pages. 

 Part I., 366 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; farmers 1 institutes. 



Public winter meeting of Board at Hingham : address of welcome by Ed- 

 mund Hersey ; lecture on root and vegetable culture, by John B. 

 Moore ; lecture on the new agriculture, by Dr. James R. Nichols ; 

 lecture on the agriculture of Japan, by Prof. William S. Clark ; lecture 

 on my farming experience, by A. W. Paul ; lecture on some of the legal 

 rights and duties of farmers, how to buy a farm, how far farm extends, 



