INDEX. 357 



PAQB 



Poultry keeping on fa,rms, economy of labor in, essay on, by 



John II. Robinson, 280 



Poultry keeping on small farms, lecture on, by Rev. W. H. 



Davenport, 99 



Poultry keeping, pleasures of, 99 



Profits of, .100 



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



Power sprayer as forest fire equipment, 228 



Premises on which neat cattle are kept, annual inspection of, 



by the Cattle Bureau, 139 



Profits of poultry keeping, the, 100 



Propagation of game, artificial, the, 279 



Provender for poultry, Ill 



Pruning pear trees, 308 



Publications of the State Board of Agriculture, concerning the, . xxvii 



Rabies in Massachusetts, work of the Cattle Bureau on, . . 134 



Railroad co-operation in forest fire fighting, 224 



Red Astrachan apple, the, for Massachusetts orchards, . . 56 



Reforestation work, 214 



Renovated butter, work of the Dairy Bureau on, .... 177 



Response to address of welcome, by John Bursley, ... 5 



Rhode Island Greening apple, the, for Massachusetts orchards, . 48 

 Robinson, John H., essay by, on economy of labor in poultry 



keeping on farms, 280 



Rotation, crop, for the dairy farm, lecture on, by H. O. Daniels, . 85 



Roxbury Russet apple, the, for Massachusetts orchards, . . 52 



San Jose scale, the, damage by, xi 



Legislation on, recommendation for, ..... xi 



Score card for commercial variety of apples, 44 



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



orcharding, 294 



Lecture by, on varieties of apples for Massachusetts or- 

 chards, . . . . '^ 42 



Secretaiy of State Board of Agriculture, report of the, . . vii 



Sheep in Massachusetts, 292 



Slashings or brush should be burned, 231 



Small farms, poultry keeping on, lecture on, by Rev. W. H, 



Davenport, 99 



Smoking, forest fires from, 221 



Societies, agricultural, officers of, list of the, 327 



Horticultural, officers of, list of the, 328 



Soil for the pear, the, 302 



Spraying, destruction of birds l)y, investigation of the, . . 262 



Spruce, Norway, as a forest tree, 219 



