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CONTENTS. 



Essay : Bee Keeping : its Pleasures and Profits. By Prof. Jas. B. 

 Paige, , . . . 



Essay : The Management of Poultry on Small Farms. By Mr. 

 John II. Robinson, . ... 



Essay: Some Important Scale Insects. By Dr. Henry T. Fernald, 



Essay : The Prevention of Fungous Diseases jjeculiar to Green- 

 house Plants. By Dr. George E. Stone, 



Special Report on the Destruction of Birds by the Elements 

 Mr. Edward llowe Forbush, ..... 



Returns of the Agricultural Societies, .... 



Agrieiiltural Directory, ...... 



Index, ......... 



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