450 INDEX. 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, returns of the, 277. 



Brooks, Prof. Wm. P., lecture by, on how to keep up the fertility of our farms, 76. 



Brown fruit rot, concerning the, 203. 



Bud moth, concerning the, 199. 



Burlap bands in gypsy moth work, use of, 249. 



Bureau, Dairy, fourth annual report of tlie, 219. 



Bushes, bowlders and, removing of, 177, 181, 184. 



Bushes, salt for removing, use of, 179, 185. 



Cabbage, insects and fungi, injuring the, 210. 



Cabbage worm, concerning the, 210, 



Canker worms, concerning, 199, 201, 215. 



Caterpillar, tent, concerning the, 199. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, annual report of the, 357. 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, roster of the, 344. 



Cattle, compensation for, if killed when diseased, 308. 



Cattle feeding, sunflowers for, 149. 



Cattle, tuberculosis in. See Tuberculosis. 



Celery, caterpillar, rust and leaf blight, concerning the, 210. 



Celery, insects and fungi injuring, 210. 



Chemical composition of manures, 147. 



Chemical compounds in the human body, 124. 



Cherry, insects and fungi, injuring the, 202. 



Clover, scarlet, concerning, 153, 157. 



Club-foot of cabbage, concerning, 210. 



Codling moth, concerning the, 199. 



College, Massachusetts Agricultural, report to Legislature of Board of Agriculture 



acting as overseers of the, 318. 

 College, Massachusetts Agricultural, otRcers and trustees of the, 343. 

 Compensation for animals if killed when diseased, concerning, 308, 413. 

 Comstock, Prof. John H., report by, on gypsy moth work, 266. 

 Copper, ammoniacal carbonate of, how made and used as a fungicide, 197. 

 Corn, Indian, concerning, 143, 173, 181. 

 Cow, skin of the, concerning the, 129. 

 Cow, udder, of the, concerning the, 132. 



Cows, dairy, summer and winter feeding of, lecture on, by Prof. J. W. Robertson, 

 . 120. 



Cows, dehorning of, concerning the, 151. 

 Cows, feeding, reasons for, 121. 

 Cows, rye as a supplemental food for, 137. 

 Cows, salt for, importance of, 137. 

 Cows, summer feed for, 136. 

 Cows, tuberculous, milk from, 408. 

 Cricket, tree, concerning the, 207. 

 Crops, composition of, 80. 

 Crops, fertility removed by, 146, 163. 



Crops, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pota«h in certain, 146. 

 Curcnlio, plum and apple, concerning the, 200, 202, 211. 

 Currant borer, concerning the, 205. 

 Currant cane girdler, concerning the, 206. 



Currant, insects and fungi injuring the, 205. • 



Currant leaf spot, concerning the, 206. 

 Currant worm, concerning the, 206, 212, 



Dairy Bureau, fourth annual report of the, to the Legislature, 219. 

 Dairy Bureau, detective work of the, 225. 

 Dairy Bureau, educational work of the, 228. 

 Dairy Bureau, financial statement of the, 233. 



