TABLE OF CONTEXTS. 



State Board of A<iTiculturt', 1;M)4, 



Report of the Secretar}-, ....... 



Minutes of Special Meetings of the Board, .... 



Abstract of Address : The Newer Feeling for Nature. By Rev 



Willard Scott, 1 ).!)., 



Public Winter fleeting of the lioard at Athol, 



Address of Welcome 1\y ]Mr. Herbert L. llapgood. 



Response for the Board by Fii'st Vice-President AVm. R. Sessions 



Lecture: Progressive and Profitable I'oultry Culture. By Prof 



Arthur A. Brigham, ....... 



Lecture: A Forest Policy for Massachusetts. By B. E. Fernow 



LL.l)., 



Lecture: Outlook for New England 'Agriculture. By Dr. Geo 



M. Twitchell, 



Lecture : The Successful Type of Horse that may l)e profitably 



raised by New England Farmers. By Mr. Harry W. Smith, 

 Lecture: IManurial Problems in Soil Renovation and Improvt 



ment. By Homer J. Wheeler, Ph.D., .... 

 Proceedings of the Annual INIeeting of the Board, 

 Report of Committee on Agricultural Societies, . 

 Report of Committee on Domestic Animals and Sanitation, . 

 Report of Committee on Experiments and Station Work, 

 Report of Committee on Forestr}', Roads and Roadside lmi)rove 



ments, .......... 



Report of Committee on Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Report of Committee on Institutes and Public Meetings, 

 Report of Committee on Gypsy Moth, Insects and Birds, 

 Report of Special Committee on Changes in Laws, 

 Report of the Librarian, ....... 



Essa}' : Past and Present Dairying. By Mr. A. j\I. Lyman, 



Essay : Improved Live Stock. By Mr. C. H. Shaylor, 



Second Annual Report of the State Nurserj- Inspector, 



Fourth Semiannual Report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, 



Thirteenth Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, . 



Essay : Fruits for the Home (iarden : Varieties and Culture. By 



Prof. F. A. Waugh, 



Essay : Summer Management of the Dairy Herd. By Prof. F. S 

 Coolev, .......... 



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