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State Board of Agriculture, 1915, v 



Report of the Secretarj^, vii 



Public Winter Meeting of the Board at Worcester, .... 1 



Address of Welcome by Hon. George M. Wright, .... 3 



Response for the Board by Wilfrid Wheeler, 4 



Lecture: Profitable Farm Poultry, with Special Reference to Eggs 



and Meat. By W. R. Graham, 6 



Lecture: The Value of Experimental Work for Truck Farmers. By 



T. C. Johnson, 20 



Lecture: Co-operation in Fruit Growing as Practiced in Nova Scotia, 



By W. H. Woodworth, 38 



Lecture: Beef Production in New England. By Herbert H. Wing, 61 



Lecture: Household Accounting. By Laura Comstock, ... 78 

 Lecture: Factors affecting Economical Milk Production. By C. H. 



Eckles, 91 



Lecture: The Encouragement of Clean Milk Production. By L. B. 



Cook, 115 



Lecture: Some Experiences in Farm Accounting. By Charlotte P. 



Goddard, 124 



Lecture: Alfalfa for New England. By Arthur D. Cromwell, . . 142 



Summer Field Meeting of the Board at Lowell, 163 



Essay: Rats and Rat Riddance. By Edward Howe Forbush, . . 167 



Essay: Cranberry Growing. By Henry J. Frankhn, .... 255 



Essay: The Army Worm. By Henry T. Fernald, .... 284 



Essay: The Home Vegetable Garden. By Allen French, . . . 295 

 Essay: The Sanitary Side of Farm Water Supplies. By X. H. 



Goodnough, 311 



Essay: Sewage Disposal in Rural Districts. By Edward H. 



Williams, 320 



Agricultural Legislation of 1914, 327 



Thirteenth Annual Report of the State Nursery Inspector, . . 355 



Seventh Annual Report of the State Ornithologist, .... 373 



Fifth Annual Report of the State Inspector of Apiaries, . . . 405 



Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Dairy Bureau, .... 417 



Report on the Encouragement of Dairying Contests for 1914, . 443 



First Annual Report on the Boys' and Girls' Club Work, . . . 453 



Eleventh Annual Report of the State Forester, 479 



Returns of the Incorporated Agricultural Societies, .... 585 



Directory of Agricultural Organizations, 601 



Lidex, 631 



