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8tate Board of Agriculture, 1914, . 



Report of the Secretary, 



Summary of Crop Conditions, 1913, 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at Springfield, 



Address of Welcome By Hon. John A. Dennison, . 



Response for the Board by Abner Towne, 



Announcement of Dairy Prizes. By P. M. Harwood, 



Lecture: Poultry Feeds and Methods of Feeding. By Pro 



fessor J. C. Graham, 



Lecture: The New Orchard. By Professor F. C. Sears, . 

 Lecture: The Most Important Factors in Successful Farming 



By Professor G. Y. Warren, 



Report on "Protection from Flies" Contest. By P. M. Har- 

 wood, 



Lecture: Breeding and Feeding Dairy Cattle. By F. E 



Duffy, ' 



Lecture: Rural Credit, Banking and Agricultural Co-opera 



tion in Europe. By J. Lewis Ellsworth, .... 

 Lecture: Alfalfa Growing. By Joseph Wing, 

 Summer Field Meeting of the Board at Barnstable, 

 Essay: Peach Growing in Western Massachusetts. By li. W 



Rice, 



Essay: Co-operation. By C. R. White. .... 

 Essay: Diversified Farm Accounting. By I^. A. Sloman, . 

 Essaj'^: Farm Ice Houses. By Professor B. S. Pickett, 

 Essay: Farm Water Supphes. By S. P. Gates, . 

 Essay: Cantaloupe Growing in Massachusetts. By J. jNI. S 



Leach, 



Essay: The Culture of the Currant. By Professor U. Pv Hed- 



rick, 



Essay: Pruning the Grape. By Professor U. P. Hedrick, 

 Essay : Nut Culture for Masi-achusetts. By William C. Demin_ 

 Essay: How to buy Fertilizers. By R. E. Annin, Jr., 

 Essaj': Honeybees as Pollinizers. By Mrs. Susan M. Howard 

 Twelfth Annual Report of the State Nursery Inspector, 

 Sixth Annual Report of the State Ornithologist, . 

 Fourth Annual Report of the State Apiary- Inspector, 

 Twenty-third Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, 

 Tenth Annual Report of the State Forester, . 

 Returns of the Incorporated Agricultural Societies, 

 Director}' of Agricultural Organizations, 

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