540 



INDEX. 



Nectarines, growing of, and varieties, ..... 

 New England agricvxlture, outlook for, lecture on, by Dr. G. M. 



Twitchell, 



New England farmers, the successful type of horse that may be 



profitably raised by, lecture on, by Harry W. Smith, 

 Nursery inspection, concerning, ...... 



Nursery Inspector, State, second annual rej^ort of the. 

 Nurserymen, list of, ........ ■ 



PAGE 



385 



85 



111 

 xiii 

 ^41 

 243 



Oats as green food for cattle, .... 

 Oleomargarine, enforcement of laws relating to. 

 Organizations, agricultural, directory of, . 

 Oyster-shell scale, concerning the. 



395 

 356, 360 



. 517 

 432 



Paige, Dr. James B., essay by, on bee-keejiing : its jjleasures and 



profits, .......... 399 



Patrons of husbandry, officers of, . . . . . .527 



Peaches, varieties and cultivation, ...... 382 



Pears, varieties and cultivation, . . . . . .381 



Peters, Dr. Austin, fourth semiannual report of, as Chief of the 



Cattle Bureau, ......... 249 



Phosphatic manures, concerning certain, ..... 150 



Pine, white, experience in cultiA^ating the, .... 73 



Plants, greenhouse, the prevention of fungous diseases peculiar 



to, essay on, by Dr. Geo. E. Stone, ..... 438 



Plums, varieties and cultivation, ...... 383 



Poultry breeding, concerning, ....... 27 



Poultry culture, progressive and profitable, lecture on, by Prof. 



A. A. Brigham, ......... 18 



Poultry culture, statistics of, . . . . . . . 18 



Poultry houses, location and structure. .... 25, 420 



Poultry industry, advantages and importance of tlic, ... 22 

 Poultry on small farms, the management of, essay on, by J. II. 



Robinson, .......... 412 



Poultry raising, feeding in, ..... . 29, 415 



Poultry raising, incubation in, ....... 28 



Poultry raising, specialization in, . . . . . . 30 



Publications of the Board of Agriculture in 1903, . . . xvi 



(Quinces, varieties and cultivation, ...... 385 



Rabies in work of Cattle Bureau, ...... 346 



lla[)e as green food for cattle, ....... 397 



Raspberries, cultivation and varieties, ..... 387 



Renovated butter, enforcement of law relating to, . . . 362 



Returns of societies, ........ 506 



