SYNOPSIS. 89 



Guenon's system of selecting cows by the escutcheon (illustrated), 

 proper selection, sketch of Guenon, his system, his classification, the 

 escutcheon, names of the escutcheon, the bastards, the ovais, imper- 

 fections, on bulls, cause of the escutcheon, general view of the subject, 

 by W. P. Hazard ; lecture on sheep and lambs, by Arthur A. Smith ; 

 lecture on the relative value of several varieties of corn for feeding 

 purposes, analyses of different varieties of corn (illustrated), by Dr. 

 C. A. Goessmann ; lecture on my farming experience, by Richard 

 Webster. 



Report of commissioners on contagious diseases among cattle, glanders. 



Annual meeting of Board : report on improvement of salt marshes in town 

 of Marshfield, by Dr. C. A. Goessmann ; essay on reclaiming swamp 

 lands as to profit and the public health, by B. P. Ware ; report on 

 exhibition at Greenfield, by Edmund Hersey ; report of examining 

 committee of Agricultural College ; preamble and resolutions relative 

 to uniting of Massachusetts Agricultural College with Amherst Col- 

 lege ; report of State inspector of fertilizers, market prices, potash 

 salts, bones, fish fertilizers, ammoniated superphosphates, by Dr. C. A. 

 Goessmami ; report on farmers 1 institutes in Franklin County, by James 

 S. Grinnell ; contribution to the chemistry of fruit culture, by Dr. C. A. 

 Goessmann and Prof. S. T. Maynard ; essay on Jersey cattle, by O. B. 

 Hadwen ; essay on Guernsey cattle, by E. F. Bowditch ; report on culti- 

 vation of sugar beet for manufacture of sugar, soil, treatment of soil, 

 manuring lands for sugar beets, selection of varieties, sowing seed and 

 treatment of beets, yield of beets, yield of juice and sugar, beet sugar 

 molasses, cellular residue of beet root, produce of leaves, by Dr. C. A. 

 Goessmann. 



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



rait II., 104 pages. 



Officers of societies. Exhibitions for 1880. 



Reports of committees : on the pear, raising from seed, budding, grafting, 

 soils and planting, the pear blight ; the apple ; the cranberry ; Indian 

 corn; the sugar beet ; the turnip; carrots; radishes; parsnips; onions; 

 beets ; potatoes ; nutritive value of roots ; garden vegetables ; dairy 

 cows ; the butter dairy ; the poultry yard, best breed to keep, best feed, 

 cleanliness. 



Appendix : facts in regard to history of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege, objects and purposes, character and efficiency of its work, course 

 of study and training. 



Indexes. 



Twenty-eighth Report, 1880. 419 pages. 

 Part I., 254 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary John E. liussell ; hay, fodder and ensilage, dairy 



products, corn, sheep, poultry, potatoes, root crops, apples, gardening. 

 Special meeting of Board at Boston; resignation of Secretary Chas. L. 



Flint ; resolutions ; election of John E. Russell. 



