496 INDEX. 



Farming special train, concerning the better, .... xvi 



Fernald, Dr. PI. T., fifth annual report by, as State Nursery In- 

 spector, ......... 207 



Fertilizers for clovers, . . . . . . .126, 430 



For peach trees, . . . . . . . .451 



Fitchburg, summer field meeting of the Board of Agi'iculture at, 11 



Forest reserves, concerning certain, ...... 308 



Forester, State, third annual report of the, .... 307 



Forests, State, concerning, ....... 322 



Fosdick, Luciau J., essay by, on cranberry culture, . . . 437 



Fowler, F. 11., j^aper by, on early agricultural education in 



Massachusetts, . . . . . . . .331 



Fruits for local markets, lecture on, by J. II. Hale, ... 49 



Garden, home, the, essay on, hy Prof. F. W. Eane, . . . 895 



. 399 



. 397 



232 



. 479 

 128 



Garden implements and tools, . 



Garden, jjlan for a home, . 



Glanders in work of the Cattle Bureau, 



Granges, officers of the, . 



Grass, j^rojier cutting and curing of, 



Grass culture, manures and fertilizers for, . . 126, 147, 430 



Grass and clover jjroduction for New England, lecture on, by 



Prof. Wm. D. Ilurd, 120 



Grasses and clovers, composition of, ..... 136 

 Gypsy moth, insects and birds, report of the committee on, . 201 

 Gypsy moth territorj^ condition of the, ..... 201 

 Gypsy and brown-tail moths, resolvitions l)y the Board of Agri- 

 culture concerning the, ...... 8 



Hale, J. II., lecture bj', on fruits for local markets, ... 49 



Harwood, P. M., rejjort by, as general agent of the Dairy Bureau, 285 



Hog cholera in work of Cattle Bureau, ..... 274 



Horticultural societies, officers of, ..... . 474 



Horticultural and agricultural societies, concerning, . . . 378 

 Hurd, Prof. "\Vm. D., lecture by, on grass and clover production 



for New England, 120 



Husbandry, Patrons of, officers of, ..... . 479 



Insi^ector, State Nursery, annual report of the, .... 207 



Inspectors of animals, directions to, . . . . . . 246 



To fairs, assignment of, ...... . 194 



Institvites, farmers' concerning, ..... xv, 374 



Jenkins, Dr. E. H., lecture by, on requirements of the tobacco 



trade, and how can the grower meet them, . • . 157 



Jones, Prof. L. R., lecture by, on plant diseases, ... 21 



