TABLE OF COISTTEE^TS. 



PACE 



State Board of Agriculture, 1898, . v 



Report of the Secretary, vxi 



Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings, 3 



Minutes of Special Meeting of the Board, 11 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at Taunton, .... 17 

 Lecture : Milch Cows, Structure as relating to Production. By 



Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell, 23 



Lecture : Milk Supply and the Public Health. By Prof. Wm. T. 



Sedgwick, 46 



Lecture : Market Gardening with Limited Capital. By IL W. 



Collingwood, 65 



Lecture : Advantages and Disadvantages of Modem Methods of 



Poultry CvTlture. By Samuel Cushman, 95 



Lecture : Raising and Marketing of Fruit. By Walter F. Taber, . 119 



Lecture : Irrigation on our Farm. By Richard Hittinger, . . 141 

 Lecture : Insects Injurious to the Ci'anberry and other Fruits. By 



Prof. C. H. Femald, 144 



IMiuutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board, .... 173 



Report of Examining Committee of the Agricultural College, . 184 



Report of Committee on Agricultural Societies, .... 193 

 Report of Committee on Experiments and Station Work, . .195 



Report of the Librarian, 197 



Essay : Opportunities of New England Farmers. By Wesley B 



Barton, 209 



Essay : Farmers' Institutes. By F. W. Sargent, .... 215 



Essay : Small Fruits in the Home Garden. By Prof. S. T. Maynard. 225 



Essay : Three Shade-tree Insects. By A. H. Kirkland, M.S., . . 238 

 Essay : Why Milk sours, and how the Souring can be prevented or 



at least delayed By Geo. M. Whitaker, 248 



Essay : Systematic Feeding and Watering as a Preventative of 



Disease in Horses. By Prof. Jas. B Paige, 254 



Essay : Massachusetts Weeds. By Prof. G. E. Stone, . . . 268 



