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Smith, J. Warren, lecture by, on the weather and its influence on man and the 



productions of the earth, 42 



Societies, incorporated, financial and premium returns of the, . . . 457, 486 

 Spencer Farmers' and Mechanics' Association, mortgage of property of , . . 4 



Spencer Farmers' and Mechanics' Association, returns of the, .... 478 



Spraying, concerning, 334, 367 



Spraying pump, best form of, 333 



Stables, inspection of, concerning, 544 



Taxation, resolutions of the National Farmers' Congress concerning, . . 515 

 Timber as a crop on the waste and other cheap lands of Massachusetts, grow- 

 ing of, lecture on, by J. D. Lyman, 22 



Tubercle bacillus, experimental inoculation of calves with the human, . . 568 

 Tuberculosis and tuberculin, C9ncerning, 521, 562 



Union Agricultural and Horticultural Society, returns of the, .... 479 

 United States, the dairy interests of the, lecture on, by Major Henry E. Alvord, 136 



Water supply, contamination of milk bj', 547, 586 



Weather and its influence on man and the productions of the earth, lecture on, 



by J. Warren Smith, 42 



Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society, returns of the, . . , 480 

 Whitaker, Geo. M., essay by, on the Babcock milk tester; its value and im- 

 portance to the producer and dealer in sale milk, 297 



Whitaker, Geo. M., lecture by, on food value of dairy products, . . . 179 



Worcester Agricultural Society, returns of the, 481 



Worcester East Agricultural Society, returns of the, 482 



Worcester North Agricultural Society, returns of the, ..... 482 



Worcester North-west Agricultural and Mechanical Society, returns of the, . 483 



Worcester South Agricultural Society, returns of the, 484 



Worcester County West Agricultural Society, returns of the, .... 485 



