INDEX 



Agricultural College, the, ......... 



exhibits, recommendation for broadening law relating to prizes 

 for, ........ 



fairs, the, ........ 



law, recommendation for codification of, 

 societies, prize money to, . . ' . 



Agriculture, future of, ....... . 



State Board of, meetings of, .... 



reorganization of, ... 



State Department of, legislative appropriations of, . 

 library of, regarding, 

 organization of, . 

 personnel of, . . . 



publications of , . 

 recommendations of commissioner, 

 report of commissioner, 

 travel of commissioner, 

 work of office, 

 Allen, R. H., report, seventeenth annual, of State Nursery Inspector by, 

 American foul brood of bees, ....... 



Plant Pest Committee, the, organization of. 

 Animals, food, production of, ...... 



Anti-aid amendment, effect on fairs, . . . . ' . 



Apiaries, State Inspector of, ninth annual report of, by Burton N. Gates, 

 Apiary Inspection, concerning, ...... 



financial statement of, .... 



pubhcations relating to, . 

 work of , . 

 Apple grading law, recommendation for passage of uniform, 

 results of enforcement of, . 



P.\GE 



32 



55 



39 



48 



39 



52 



44 



26 



51 



46 



5 



26 



48 



55 



7 



23 



45 



75 



123 



16 



30 



39 



119 



34 



128 



127 



119 



38-55 



38 



Beekeepers' Association, Inc., The Federated Massachusetts, formation of. 

 Beekeeping agents, appointment of, 



exhibition at Worcester, 

 Bees, brood diseases of, ... 



loss of, through spray poison, 

 winter losses of , . 

 Bird day exercises, co-operation of Department of Agriculture in, 

 leaflet. Department of Agriculture to publish annually, 

 houses, raid on, by cats, ....... 



Birds, directory of mounted collections of, in Massachusetts by counties, 

 distribution of, a study of, 

 legislation concerning, . 

 protection of, migratory bird treaty for, 

 upland game, concerning decrease of. 

 Blister rust, white pine, regarding, . 

 Borer, European Corn, the, concerning, . 

 Bounty, agricultural societies receiving, . 



121 



120 



121 



122 



124 



124 



105 



114 



106 



106 



98 



102 



102 



109 



33,78 



34,82 



40 



