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Soil exhaustion, essay on, by Dr. Geo. E. Stone, .... 280 



Soil fertilization, birds and, 42 



Sparrows, concernino-, 54 



Spraying, cost of, and results, 99 



Squash bug and squash vine borer, concerning the, . . 327, 329 



Stable ventilation, lecture on, by Dr. Jas. B. Paige, .... 110 



Starlings and blackbirds, concerning, 51 



Stockwell, Henry S., address of welcome ))y, at Worcester, . . 25 



Stone, Dr. Geo. E., essay bj-, on soil exhaustion, .... 280 . 



Sturgis, Dr. AVm. C., lecture by, on fungous diseases, ... 82 



Swallows, concerning, 55 



Swifts, concerning, 49 



Swine, law concerning, 193 



Swine diseases, concerning, 479 



Tanagers, concerning, 54 



Tent caterpillars, list of birds feeding on, 314 



Texas fever, concerning, 477 



Thayer, Oscar S., essay by, on better roads for Massachusetts, . 245 



Thrashers, concerning, 56 



Titmice, creepers, etc., concerning, 57 



Tree wardens, concerning, xvi, 196 



Trees, roadside, law concerning, 178, 196 



Tuberculin test in inter-state cattle traffic, obstacles to enforcing 



regulations requiring the 402 



Tuberculosis, concerning, 398 



Tussock moth, list of birds feeding on the, 316 



Ventilation, stable, lecture on, by Di*. Jas. B. Paige, . . . 110 

 Yireos, concerning, 56 



Warblers, concerning, 56 



Water and water rights, law concerning, 184 



Water supply, importance of the, from the health standpoint, . 206 



Waxwing, concerning the, 55 



Way, rights of, law concerning, 182 



Weather, Massachusetts, 1900, xxxi 



Woodlands, birds as protectors of, essay on, by E. II. Forbush, . 300 



Woodlands, damage to, l)y fires, ....... 297 



Woodlands, how to increase the number of birds useful in, . . 320 



Woodlands, injury done by birds to, 319 



Woodpeckers, concerning, 48 



Woods, native birds useful in, 311 



Worcester, meetings of the Board of Agriculture at, . . 11,17 



Wrens, concerning, 56 



