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plum, quince, cherry, grape, strawberry, currant, blackberries, red 

 raspberry, blackcaps, new fruits, cold storage, by Prof. S. T. Maynard; 

 lecture on forestry and arboriculture in Massachusetts, by Prof. John 

 Robinson; lecture on injurious insects (illustrated), canker worms, 

 white-marked tussock moth, eye-spotted bud moth, codling moth, grape 

 berry moth, American bean weevil, pea weevil, insecticides, by Prof. 

 C. H. Fernald ; lecture on our homes, by W. L. Warner ; address of 

 Lieutenant-Governor J. Q. A. Brackett; address of Prof. Levi Stock- 

 bridge ; lecture on is ensilage a success in New England ? silos, loca- 

 tion, construction and cost, crops for ensilage, cost of cultivation and 

 harvesting, filling silo, covering and weighting, what are the changing 

 processes in the silo ? removing ensilage from silo and feeding it, ensi- 

 lage as food for farm stock, by Henry E. Alvord ; address of T. S. Gold ; 

 lecture on the hay field and English hay, by Dr. C. A. Goessmaim ; lect- 

 ure on the value of veterinary science to the State, by Dr. Austin Peters ; 

 lecture on the business side of farming and the value of organization, 

 by Dr. George A. Bowen ; lecture on contagious diseases : how they 

 are caused and how to prevent them in our homes, by Dr. Alfred F. 

 Holt ; lecture on milk farming, by Newton Smith ; lecture on cream- 

 eries, by L. T. Hazen. 

 Special meeting of Board at Springfield : report of committee on farmers' 



institutes. 

 Annual meeting of Board : resolutions on death of Dr. James R. Nichols. 

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



of societies, exhibitions for 1888. 

 Essays : agricultural education, by Henry II. Goodell ; the chemistry of the 

 kitchen, by Dr. James P. Lynde ; our homes : their power and influ- 

 ence, by J. W. Stockwell. 

 Report of cattle commissioners : neat stock, hog cholera, glanders, tuber- 

 culosis ; report on glanders, by Dr. J. F. Winchester. 

 Paper on the Orthoptera of New England (illustrated), characters of order, 

 external anatomy, internal anatonty, synopsis of families, definition of 

 terms, list of New England Orthoptera, index of families and genera, 

 index of species, by Prof. C. II. Fernald. 

 Report of State inspector of fertilizers, by Dr. C A. Goessmaim. 

 Fifth report of Board of Control of Agricultural Experiment Station : report 

 of Director Goessmann ; feeding experiments, with milch cows, with 

 pigs; fodder supply and analyses of fodder articles, fodder corn and 

 corn ensilage ; salt; field experiments with fodder corn, influence of fer- 

 tilizers on quantity and quality of some prominent fodder crops, experi- 

 ments with wheat, experiments with potatoes, observations with scabby 

 potatoes, miscellaneous field experiments with farm and garden crops 

 (illustrated) ; suggestions upon planting trees and small fruits, selec- 

 tion of trees and planting, preparation of trees and plants for planting, 

 soil and its preparation, methods of planting, after care, by Prof. S. T. 

 Maynard ; valuation of fertilizers and fertilizer analyses, trade values ; 

 analyses of water ; compilation of analyses made at Amherst of fodder 

 articles, agricultural chemicals and refuse materials used lor l'ertiliz- 



