REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE STATE BOARD 

 OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR 1905. 



The work of the Board of Agriculture during the past year has 

 been conducted with vigor and with seeming profit to the state. 



The annual summer meeting was held at Lowell on the grounds 

 of the ^Middlesex North Agricultural Society on Tuesday, July 25th, 

 and an admirable programme was arranged by the Secretary of 

 the Board. Prof. Waugh illustrated and explained the prepara- 

 tion of Bordeaux ^Mixture for the prevention of fungous diseases 

 and also showed various kinds of fruit packages, explaining the 

 advantages of each. 



P. M. Harwood, agent of the Dairy Bureau, demonstrated the 

 working of the Babcock tester, testing samples of milk that were 

 brought to him for the purpose; he also explained the sanitary 

 handling of milk and its importance. If the farmer is expected 

 to carry out all the careful details which he suggested, the consumer 

 being benefited should demand that the producer receive his just 

 reward. 



Mr. W. D. Rudd demonstrated the most approved modern 

 methods of killing and preparing poultry for the Boston market. 



Prof. Wm. H. Caldwell, Secretary of the American Guernsey 

 Cattle Club, gave a running lecture on the points of a dairy cow 

 and how to select one, illustrated from animals of the dairy and 

 beef types that were before him. 



This was followed by an address by Hon. N. J. Batchelder, 

 Ex-Governor of New Hampshire, and several others. 



At the close of the meeting, the Board and others in attendance 

 were invited to visit the famous C. I. Hood farm to inspect its herds 

 of Jersey cows and Berkshire pigs; all the arrangements of the 

 stables are excellent and well worthy a visit. 



The attendance at this meeting was very large. The usual crop 

 reports have been published commencing with the month of May; 

 special articles have been appended to these reports, as follows: 



