514 INDEX. 



PAGE 



Agricultxire, Board of, publications of the, xii 



Agriculture, Board of, report of the, to the Legislature, acting as 



overseers of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, . . . 227 

 Agriculture, Board of, resolutions by the, on the death of Messrs. 



Grinnell and Horton, 12, 208 



Agriculture, Board of, resolutions by the, on the protection of the 



dairy industry, 13 



Agi'iculture, Board of, special meetings of the. 



Agriculture to the public health, the relation of, essay on, by Dr 



S. W. Abbott, 



Animals, domestic, law concerning, 



Animals, domestic, and sanitation, report of committee on, 

 Animals, food relations of birds and other, .... 

 Anthrax, symptomatic, or blackleg, concerning, 

 Appleton, Francis H., report by, as chairman of committee on 



forestry, roads and roadside improvements, .... 



Apples, talk on, by Prof S. T. Maynard, 



Approjiriations for agricultural purposes, .... 

 Asparagus beetle, concerning the, 



11 



261 

 192 



219 



69 



458 



224 

 131 



XV 



322 



Bankruptcy, law concerning, 180 



Bennett, Frank P., lecture by, on sheep raising in Massachusetts, . 140 



Birds, protection and value of insectivorous, xxv 



Birds and soil fertilization, 42 



Birds as protectors of woodlands, essay on, by E. H. Forbush, . 300 



Birds to woodlands, injury done l)y, ....... 319 



Birds useful in woodlands, native, and how to increase the number 



of, 311, 320 



Birds useful to agriculture, lecture on, by E. H. Forbush, . . 36 



Birds, water and shore, usefulness of, 40 



Birds and other animals, food relations of, 59 



Birds feeding on the gypsy moth, canker worms, tent caterpillars, 



plant lice, May beetles, tussock moth and brown-tail moth, 312-317 



Blackbirds, concerning, 61 



Blackleg or symptomatic anthrax, concerning, .... 458 



Board of Agriculture. »SVt' Agricultvire, Board of. 



Board of Cattle Commissioners. See Cattle Commissioners, Board 



of 



Boston milk and butter suj^ply, statistics of, 384 



Boundaries and fences, law of, 171 



Brigham, Dr. A. A., essay by, on poultry keeping on the farm, . 336 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, mortgage of pro])erty of, . 12 



Brown-tail moth caterpillar, list of birds feeding on, . . . 313 



Bureau, Dairy, tenth annual report of the, 371 



Bursley, John, response by, at Worcester, 34 



Butter, imitation, concerning, 376 



Butter, renovated, concerning, 384 



Butter, statistics of quantity and price at Boston, .... 384 



