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State Board of Agriculture, 1901, v 



Report of the Secretary, 



Minutes of Meetings of Executive Committee, 



Minutes of Special Meetings of the Board, 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at Worcester, 



Lecture : Birds Useful to Agriculture. By E. H. Forbush, . . 36 



Lecture : Some Lessons from the Census. By Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, 63 



Lecture : Fungous Diseases. By Dr. Wm. C. Sturgi.s, ... 82 



Lecture : Stable Ventilation. By Dr. Jas. B. Paige, . . .110 



Lecture : Apples. By Prof S. T. Maynard, 131 



Lecture : Sheep Raising in Massachusetts. By Frank P. Bennett, . 140 

 Lecture : Some Aspects of the Law as applied to Rural Affairs. 



By M. F. Dickinson, ,Tr., 161 



Minutes of Annual Meeting of the Board, 207 



Report of Committee on Agricultural Societies, .... 218 



Report of Committee on Domestic Animals and Sanitation, . . 219 



Rejjort of Committee on Experiments and Station Work, . . 220 

 Report of Committee on Forestry, Roads and Roadside Impro'S'e- 



ments, 224 



Report of Committee on Agricultural College and Education, . 227 



Report of Committee on Institutes, Rules and Legislation, . . 232 



Report of the Librarian, 234 



Report of Delegates to the Farmers' National Congress, . . 236 



Essay : Better Roads for Massachusetts. By Oscar S. Thayer, . 245 



Essay: Agricultural Organizations. By Henry C. Comius, . . SAl 

 Essay : The Relation of Agriculture to the Public Health. By Dr. 



Samuel W. Abbott, 261 



Essay : Soil Exhaustion. By Dr. Geo. E. Stone, .... 280 

 Essay: Pos.sibilities forFarmForestry in Massachusetts. By Allen 



Chamberlain, 289 



Essay : Birds as Protectors of Woodlands. By E. H. Forbush, . 300 

 Essay : Some Insects injuring Market-garden Crops. By Dr. II. T. 



Fernald, 322 



Essay : Poultry Keeping on the Farm. By Dr. Arthur A. Brigliani, 336 



Report on Extermination of the (iypsy Moth, 355 



Tenth Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, .... 371 



Report of Board of Cattle Commissioners 395 



Returns of the Agricultural Societies, 484 



Agricultural Directory, 493 



Index, 513 



