356 INDEX. 



Orcharding, advantages of New England for, 296 



New England, western methods in, lecture on, by Prof. F. C. 



Sears, 294 



Suggestions for improvement in, 299 



Western, factors for success in, 294 



Orchards, Massachusetts, varieties of apples for, lecture on, by 



Prof. F. C. Sears, 42 



Organization of the Dairy Bureau, 107 



Organizations, agricultural and similar, directory of the, . . 321 

 Organized effort, the development of agriculture by, lecture on, 



by Dean Eugene Davenport, 27 



Ornithologist, State, concerning the, 



Recommendations of, for legislation for 1910, 

 Second annual report of the, .... 

 Work of the year, 



xxn 

 248 

 245 

 247 



Palmer Greening apple, the, for Massachusetts orchards, . . 53 



Pasture for poultry, 109 



Peaches, varieties of, for commercial orchards, .... 65 



Pear, cultivation of the, 306 



Blight, 309 



Dwarf trees of the, 305 



Insects attacking the, . 309 



The soil for the, 303 



Varieties of standard trees, 303 



Pear, the culture of the, essay on, by George T. Powell, . . 302 



Pear orchard, preparation of land for a, 303 



Pear trees, planting, 303 



Pruning, 308 



Pears, eastern Massachusetts superior for, 310 



Marketing, 310 



Pens, poultry, or houses, 101 



Permit act, result of vote on the, 238 



Personality of proprietor of poultry farm, 101 



Pine tree blight, the, 239 



Pippin, Fall, apple, the, for Massachusetts orchards, ... 56 



Pleasures of poultry keeping, the, 99 



Pomona granges, officers of, list of the, 335 



Poultry associations, officers of, list of the, 331 



Poultry, birds, Ill 



Breeds of, . . . , Ill 



Houses or pens, 101 



Pasture for, 109 



Provender for, Ill 



Poultry farm, personality of proprietor of, 101 



