SYNOPSIS. 101 



"Russell ; lecture on the horse, by C. M. Winslow ; unsound stallions ; 

 lecture on what can legislation do for agriculture ? by T. S. Gold. 



Annual meeting of Board : resolutions on death of Velorous Taft. 



Report of examining committee of Agricultural College, college located, 

 farm purchased and buildings erected, present farm management, 

 buildings, annual examination, experiment station, botanic depart- 

 ment, horticultural department. 



Report of Board to House of Representatives on condition of the forests of 

 the State, the need and method of their protection for sanitary and other 

 reasons, and the encouragement of tree planting. 



Report of Board to House of Representatives as to the birds that inhabit 

 the State, etc. 



Essays : the promotion of agriculture, by Francis H. Appleton ; care and 

 management of milch cows, barn plans, by George L. Clemence ; the 

 farmer : his relations to the manufacturer and mechanic, by John G. 

 Avery ; the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture and the agricultural 

 societies : can they broaden and improve their work ? Board how con- 

 stituted, distribution of State bounty, system at fault, too many societies, 

 twelve-mile limit, farming population as a basis, present Board too 

 large, plan of reorganization, how shall we broaden and improve 

 work of societies ? cattle show business overdone, bounty controlled 

 by this Board, a new departure in use of State bounty, dairy schools, 

 cooking schools, road making, sanitation of milk farms, travelling 

 schools, State control of milk supply, sterilization of milk, abandoned 

 farms, dispense with annual report, reform the institutes, other boards 

 of State, conclusion, by William II. Bowker ; essentials to success in 

 farming, purpose, love of calling, knowledge, perseverance, business 

 principles, industry, economy, virtue, integrity, good health, good 

 judgment, executive ability, power to say " No," the family relation, 

 by P. M. Harwood. 



Agricultural exhibitions for 1891. 



Returns of societies ; finances, analysis of premiums and gratuities, agri- 

 cultural directory. 



Papers from Massachusetts crop reports : the State Board of Agriculture, 

 lettuce and cucumber culture under glass, the grape industry in 

 Massachusetts, the dairy industry in Massachusetts. 



Report of cattle commissioners : tuberculosis, its relations to agricultural 

 industry and public health ; pleuro-pneumonia, hog cholera, glanders, 

 rabies, tuberculosis. 



Index. 



Eighth Report of Experiment Station, 324 pages. 



Maps ; report of Director Goessmann. 



Feeding experiments : with milch cows, general remarks on our previously 

 reported feeding experiments with milch cows, conclusions of 1890; 

 creamery record of station ; method ol milk analysis, methods of butter 

 analysis; experiments with lambs ; experiments with young pigs ; fod- 

 der analyses ; methods of analysis of cattle foods. 



Field experiments : production and selection of fodder crops ; economical 

 feeding of farm live stock ; effect of fertilizers on oats ; experiments 



