INDEX. 



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"Protection from Flics" contest, by P. M. Harwood, 



report of judge, 

 Proteins, ....... 



Pruning the grape, essay on, by Prof. U. P. Hedrick, 

 Public winter meeting, ..... 



Purple martin, methods of attracting. 

 Premiums and gratuities, analysis, 



Raiffeisen loan associations, .... 

 Rainfall, average, in Massachusetts, . 

 Rane, F. W., report, tenth annual, of State Forester, by 

 Ration for laying hens, ..... 

 Recommendations for legislation, by secrctarj-. 

 Reforestation work, by State Forester, 

 Reforestation, work of town of Winchendon, 

 Response to address of welcome, by Abner Towne, 

 Rice, L. W., essay by, on peach growing in western Massachusetts 

 Roads in relation to farming, .... 

 Rural credit, banking and agricultural co-operation in Europe, c.- 

 by J. Lewis Ellsworth, . 



Scratch feed for chickens, .... 



Sears, F. C, lecture by, on the new orchard, 



Secretary of Board of Agriculture, report of, 



Seed, importance of good, .... 



Sheep, possibilities of, in Massachusetts, 



Size of farms, relation of, to profits, . 



Sloman, L. A., essay by, on diversified farm accounting. 



Societies, agricultural. (See Agricultural Societies.) 



Soft candy feed for bees, essay on, by Dr. Burton N. Gates, 



Spraying and beekeeping, interrelation of, . 



Spraying laws in relation to beekeeping, 



Spraj-ing, on State highways, .... 



Starling, appearance in Massachusetts, 



State Apiarj' Inspector. (See Apiaries, State Inspector of.) 



State Forester. (.See Forester, State.) 



State Nursery Inspector. (See Nursery Inspector, State.) 



State Ornithologist. (See Ornithologist, State.) 



Statistics of poultry products con.sumed in Massachusetts, 



Summer field meeting of State Board of Agriculture, 



Tent caterpillar, ....... 



The New Orchard, essay on, by Prof. F. C. Sears, 

 Thinning apples, necessity for, . . . . • 



Trespass laws, extracts from the, . . . • 



"Useful Birds and their Protection," fourth edition of. 



Ventilation, King system, ....•■•■ 



Von Berlepsch nesting boxes for birds, ..•••■ 



A\'arren, G. F., lecture by, on the most important factors in successful 

 farming, ......-•••• 



Wasted agricultural resources of Massachusetts, . ■ ■ • 



Water supplied by electric pumps, ..••••• 



supplied by gasoline engine pump, ..••■• 



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