INDEX. 451 



Dairy Bureau, officers and members of the, 221, 342. 



Dairy cows, summer and winter feeding of, lecture on, by Prof. J. W. Robertson, 



120. 

 Dehorning of cows, concerning the, 151. 

 Dcerfield Valley Agricultural Society, returns of the, 278. 

 Directory of agricultural and similar organizations, 341. 



Eastern Hampden Agricultural Society, returns of the, 278. 



Education, Industrial, lecture on, by Dr. C. S. Murkland, 19. 



Educational work of the Dairy Bureau, 228. 



Emulsion, kerosene, how made and used, 197. 



Ensilage vs. tuberculosis, 152. 



Essex Agricultural Society, returns of the, 279. 



Evaporating of fruit, concerning the, 190. 



Executive Committee of the Board of Agriculture, minutes of meetings of, 3. 



Exhibitions, agricultural, dates of, and assignment of inspectors to, 315. • 



Experiment Station, Massachusetts Agricultural, officers of, 344. 



Fairs, inspectors at, dates of, and assignment of, 315. 



Fairs, inspectors at, duties of, 309. 



Fairs, oleomargarine at, concerning exhibitions of, 312. 



Farm labor, concerning, 334. 



Farm, machinery on the, use of, 169, 177. 



Farmer, taxation and the, 333. 



Farmers' clubs, officers of, 347. 



Farmers' and mechanics' associations and clubs, officers of, 347. 



Farming as an occupation, essay on, by Chas. E. Ward, 327. 



Farming, eastern and western, comparison of, lecture on, by Prof. J. W. Sanborn, 



161. 

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

 Feeding cows, reasons for,- 121. 

 Feeding of dairy cows, summer and winter, lecture on, by Prof. J. W. Robertson, 



120. 

 Feeding, stock, upon what does rational, depend, 33. 

 Fernald, Prof. C. H., report by, as entomologist of the Gypsy Moth Committee of 



the Board of Agriculture, 259. 

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

 Fertility, keeping up, general rules for, 109. 

 Fertility removed by crops, 146, 163. 

 Fertility with fertilizers, how to keep up, 107. 

 Fertilizer, manure more complete than, 88. 

 Fertilizers and manure to be used together, 92. 

 Fertilizers, concerning, 93, 103, 111, 

 Fertilizers, fertility with, how to keep up, 107. 

 Fertilizers, special, averages of, 99. 

 Fertilizers, special, concerning, 94, 98, 102, 117. 

 Food, cost of, how to adjust, 39. 

 Food for cows, rye as a supplemental, 137. 

 Food on milk, effect of, 134. 

 Food, uses of, 35. 



Foods, composition of some common, 126. 

 Foods, typical, concerning some, 126. 

 Forbush, E. H., report by, as field director of the Gypsy Moth Committee of the 



Board of Agriculture, 247. 

 Franklin County Agricultural Society, returns of, 280. 

 Fruit, evaporating of, 190. 

 Fruit rot, brown, concerning the, 203. 



