94: AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



lecture on short-horned cattle in Massachusetts, by "William R. Ses- 

 sions ; lecture on stock husbandry in Massachusetts, polled cattle, by 

 A. W. Cheever ; discussion on forestry ; lecture on poultry and eggs, 

 by A. C. Hawkins ; discussion on corn ; experiment stations. 



Annual meeting of Board. 



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

 of societies, exhibitions for 1885. 



Report of State inspector of fertilizers, market values, analyses, composition 

 of some compounds in fertilizers, by Dr. C. A. Goessmann. 



Second report of Board of Control of Agricultural Experiment Station : 

 report of director ; observations in regard to insects injurious to the 

 apple, notes upon insects injurious to farm and garden crops, on causes 

 of certain diseases of grasses, observations regarding vitality of seed 

 of various weeds, vitality of seeds as affected by age, destruction of 

 peach buds by cold, by Prof. S. T. Maynard ; report on feeding experi- 

 ments with corn ensilage, with gluten meal as a constituent of daily 

 diet of milch cows, influence of feed on composition of milk, observa- 

 tions with milk, notes on feeding experiments with pigs, by Dr. C. A. 

 Goessmann ; report on field experiments, fodder corn (without manure) 

 upon underdrained plats, influence of fertilizers on quantity and quality 

 of fodder crops, experiments with potatoes, adaptation of some reputed 

 forage crops from other localities to our climate and soil, rates of diges- 

 tibility of both beans and straw with empty pods, experiments with corn 

 ensilage, analyses of fodder and fodder crops, by Dr. C. A. Goessmann ; 

 experiments with special fertilizers in fruit culture, currants and 

 peaches ; miscellaneous analyses ; valuation of fertilizers and fertilizer 

 analyses ; on examination of drinking water; meteorolog}^. 



Report of commissioners on contagious diseases among cattle. 



Report of committee on forest trees, by Prof. John Robinson. 



Abstract of report of trustees of Agricultural College ; report of president, 

 department of practical agriculture, botanic department, chemical de- 

 partment, department of anatomy and physiology, mathematical de- 

 partment, military department, theoretical and practical course of 

 instruction, trustees, overseers and faculty, course of study and train- 

 ing. 



Index. 



Thirty-third Report, 1885. 538 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Russell. 



Public winter meeting of Board at Framingham : opening address by S. B. 

 Bird ; address by Rev. Josiah H. Temple ; lecture on potato culture, 

 by Edmund Ilersey ; potato exhibit from experiment department of 

 Houghton farm, by Henry E. Alvord ; lecture on errors in estimating 

 the value of manures, undervaluation or overvaluation, under-esti- 

 mating fertilizers when comparing them with barnyard manure, soil 

 sometimes overvalued as plant food, unleached wood ashes under- 

 valued, stones as plant food, proper valuations of manures, plaster, 

 salt and lime not manures, hen manure overvalued, by James J. n. 



