INDEX. 



471 



Phelps, Prof. Chas. S., essay ])y, on how to supplement a short 



hay crop, ......... 38;] 



Pig raising in New England, commercial pork making and, 



essay on, Ijy Mr. A. A. Southwick, .... 408 



Plant food not all available, ....... 1G9 



Pork making. See Pig raising. ^ 



Potter, Burton W., Esq., addresses by, . . . . 31, IGO 



Poultry, advantages of cold houses for, . . . . .391 



Poultry housing, practical, essay on, liy Mr. John II. Rol>inson, 391 

 Powell, Mr. George T., lecture by, on the soil: importance of 



its character for the culture of fruit, . . . . 57 



Premiums and gratuities, analysis of, .... . 438 



Press bulletins, concerning, ....... xxi 



Publications of the Board of Agriculture in 1905, . . . xix 



Rabies, table showing cases in 1905, 



In work of Cattle Bureati, .... 

 Rape as a forage crop, ..... 

 Raspberries, cultivation of, ... . 



Red clover, concerning, ..... 

 Red-top grass, concerning, .... 

 Renovated butter in work of Dairy Bureau, 

 Returns of societies, ..... 



Robinson, Mr. John II., essay by, on practical poultry housing 

 Root nodules, nature of, and conditions favorable to their growtji 

 Rural Ijctterment, matters of importance in, address on, by Hon 



N. J. Bachelder, .... 



Rural progress, a camj^aign for, lecture on, by Pres. Kcn^-on L 



Butterfield, ..... 



Rye grasses, concerning the, .... 



288 

 287 

 388 

 343 

 368 

 363 

 314 

 434 

 391 

 178 



13 



133 

 367 



Sanitary milking pails described. 



Sanitation and cleanliness, dairy, concerning, 



Schools, agriculture in, concerning, . 



Season of 1905, progress of, . 



Seeds, concerning the saving of, 



Sessions, Hon. Wm. R., response 1)3% at Worcester, . 



Sheep, contagious diseases of, in work of Cattle BureaiT, 



Stomach worms in, use of coal tar creosote for, . 

 Soda, nitrate of, use of, for mowings. 

 Soil, hunuis in the, functions of, ... . 



Nitrogen to the, addition of, ... . 



The : importance of its character for the culture of 

 lecture on, by Mr. George T. Powell, 



Bacteria, concerning, ...... 



fruit 



25, 431 

 17, 422 

 18 

 xxiii 

 52 

 33 

 298 

 299 

 372 

 60 

 188 



57 

 171 



