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State Board of Agriculture, 1910, 



Report of the Secretary, vii 



Summary of Crop Conditions, 1909, xxx 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at Dracut, .... 1 



Address of Welcome by Mr. George H. Stevens, .... 3 



Response for the Board by Second Vice-President Bursley, . 5 



Lecture: Market Gardening. By Mr. H. B. Fullerton, . . . 7 

 Lecture: The Development of Agriculture by Organized Effort. 



By Dean Eugene Davenport, 27 



Lecture: Varieties of Apples for Massachusetts Orchards. By 



Prof. F. C. Sears, 42 



Lecture: Education of the Dairyman aiid the Dairy Cow, By 



Prof. H. E. Cook, 67 



Lecture: Crop Rotation for the Dairy Farm. By Mr. II. O. 



Daniels, 85 



Lecture: Poultry Keeping on Small Farms. V>y Rev. W. II. 



Davenport, 99 



Eighth Annual Report of the State Nursery Inspector, . . 121 



Sixteenth Semi-annual Report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, 129 



Nineteenth Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, . . 165 



Sixth Annual Report of the State Forester, 189 



Second Annual Report of the State Ornithologist, . . . 245 

 Essay: The Farmer's Interest in Game Protection. By Edward 



Howe Forbush, 273 



Essay: Economy of Labor in Poultry Keeping on Farms. By 



Mr. John H. Robinson, . . .280 



Essay: Live Stock in Massachusetts. By Prof. J. A. Foord, . 287 

 Essay: Western Methods in New England Orcharding. By Prof. 



F. C. Sears, 294 



Essay: The Culture of the Pear. By Mr. George T. Powell, . 302 



Returns of the Agricultural Societies, 311 



Agricultural Directory, 321 



Index, 347 



