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State Board of Agriculture, 1907, 

 Rei^ort of the Secretary, ..... 

 Minutes of tlie Executive Committee of the Board, 

 Minutes of Special Business Meetings of the Board, 

 Summer Field Meeting of the Board at Fitchburg, 

 Address : The Charms of Rural Life in New England 



ernor Charles J. Bell, ..... 

 Pul)lic Winter Meeting of the Board at Springfield, 

 Address of Welcome by President Henry H. Bowman, 

 Response for the Board by First Vice-President William 



Sessions, ......... 



Lecture : Plant Diseases. By Prof. L. R. Jones, 



Lecture : Fruits for Local Markets. By Mr. J. H. Hale, . 



Lecture: The Production of Sanitary Milk. By Mr. F. 



Dawley, ......... 



Lecture : Grass and Clover Production for New England. 



Prof. AVilliam D. Hurd, 



Lecture : Requirements of the Tobacco Trade, and how can the 



Grower meet them ? By Dr. E. H. Jenkins, 

 Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Board, 

 Report of Committee on Agricultural Societies, . 

 Report of Committee on Experiments and Station Work, . 

 Rej^ort of Committee on Massachusetts Agricultiiral College, 

 Report of Committee on Gypsy Moth, Insects and Birds, . 

 Fifth Annual Report of the State Nursery Inspector, . 

 Tenth Semiannual Report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, 

 Sixteenth Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, . ., 

 Third Annual Report of the State Forester, . . . 

 Paper : Early Agricultural Education in Massachusetts. By Mr 



F. II. Fowler, ........ 



Essay: The Home Garden. By Prof. F. W. Rane, 



Essay : Some Causes affecting the Profits of Dairying. By 



Prof. F. S. Cooley, 



Essay : Some Practical Phases of Poultry Feeding. By Mr 



John H. Robinson, ..... 



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