INDEX. Accounts, importance of keeping, Actinomycosis in work of the Cattle Bureau, Agricultural College, Massachusetts, concerning the, Course in forestry at the, Officers and trustees of the, Report to Legislature of Board of Agriculture, acting as overseers of the, Agricultural colleges, concerning, Agricultural exhibitions, dates of, and assignment of inspectors to, PAGE 48 301 XV 331 448 220 17, 145 of the, Concerning the, Officers of, Financial and premium returns of, Agriculture, extension work in, concerning, Organization in, concerning, In public schools, concerning, The basic industry, Agriculture, Board of, annual meeting of the, Bulletins of the, published in crop reports, Changes in the, Committee on agricultural societies of the, report of the, Committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds of the, report Committee on institutes and public meetings of the, report Report of the, to the Legislature, acting as overseers of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 220 Special business meetings of the, 7 Agriculture, Board of, summer meeting of the, at Lowell, PAGE 11 239 309 139 331 129, 194 369 114, 389 245 243 300 388 XX 177 367 Agriculture, New England, importance of, Akerman, Alfred, report by, as State Forester, . Alfalfa, concerning the growing of, . Alsike clover, concerning, Animals, dairy, feeding of, Results of inspection of, in work of Cattle Bureau, Anthrax, symptomatic, in work of Cattle Bureau, Appropriations for agricultural purposes, legislative, Atmospheric nitrogen, acquisition of, Awnless brome grass, concerning, Bachelder, Hon. N. J., address by, on matters of importance in rural betterment, Bacteria, changes due to, . Kinds of, Soil, concerning, Barley, oats and peas as forage crops, Bent grasses, concerning the, Bill, Hon. Ledyard, address by, Blackberries, cultivation of the, Board of Agriculture. See Agriculture, Board of. Blodget, His Honor Walter H., address of welcome by, Boston butter supply, statistics of the, Boston milk supply, statistics of the, Brambles, enemies of the, how controlled, Fertilizers for, preparation and planting, Harvesting and marketing, Propagation, methods of, Pruning, methods of, Soil and climatic conditions for, . 13 173, 421 172 171 387 363 156 343 27 Brooks, Prof. William P., essay by, on the management of mow- Buds, propagation of fruit trees by, importance of, Bureau, Cattle. See Cattle Bureau. Bureau, Dairy. See Dairy Bureau. Bush-fruits, essay on, by Prof. Fred S. Card, Butter, renovated, in work of Dairy Bureau, Butter market, Boston, concerning the, Butterfield, Pres. Kenyon L., lecture by, on a campaign for rural progress, Remarks of, 317 319 350 345 349 347 348 343 360 75 343 314 317 133 163 PAGE Cabbage as a forage crop, concerning, Card, Prof. Fred S., essay by, on bush-fruits, Cattle Bureau, eighth semiannual report of the, Financial statement of the, 388 343 239 240 Order of the chief of the, 283 Work of the, against contagious diseases of domestic animals, 239 Coal tar creosote for stomach worms in sheep, use of, 299 Creameries and milk depots in Massachusetts, list of, 323 Creosote, coal tar, use of, for stomach worms in sheep, 299 xvi Dairy sanitation and cleanliness, concerning, Directory of agricultural and similar organizations, Dwarf fruit trees, concerning, 328 447 309 106 Dairy precept and dairy practice, lecture on, by Dr. J. L. Hills, 104 117, 422 445 72 Education and industry, lecture on, by Dr. W. E. Stone, 208, 209 87 Educational work of the Dairy Bureau, 315 Exhibitions, agricultural, dates of, and assignment of inspectors to, 214 Experiments and station work, report of committee on, 217 Extension work in agriculture, concerning, 152 Fairs, dates of, and assignment of inspectors to, 214 Farm manure, value of, 185, 187 Farmers' institutes, concerning, xii Farmers' and mechanics' associations, clubs, etc., officers of, 451 PAGE Feeding dairy animals, concerning, Fernald, Dr. H. T., fourth annual report by, as State Nursery 114, 389 Fruit, culture of, importance of the character of the soil for the, Grass seed for different purposes, varying mixtures of, Grass seeds, care to be used in the purchase of, Grasses described, some of the more important, Groselles, enemies of the, how controlled, Harvesting and marketing the, 356 Gypsy moth, insects and birds, report of the committee on, 222 Hadwen, Hon. O. B., addresses by, . 29, 158 Harwood, P. M., report by, as general agent of the Dairy 309 Essay by, on clean milk: suggestions for the average pro- 421 Hay crop, how to supplement a short, essay on, by Prof. C. S. Phelps, . 383 Highway improvement, concerning, . 19 Hills, Dr. J. L., lecture by, on dairy precept and dairy practice, 104 Horticultural societies, officers of, Howard, Henry M., lecture by, on market gardening, Humus in the soil, functions of, Hungarian grass, concerning, 408 409 411 413 418 415, 419 450 35 60 385 455 Husbandry, Patrons of, officers of, Industry, education and, lecture on, by Dr. W. E. Stone, Inoculation, soil, concerning, For legumes, When necessary or desirable, Inspector, State Nursery, annual report of the, 87 177, 180 196 180 231 Local, in work of Cattle Bureau, directions to, 243 In work of Cattle Bureau, returns of, 245 Institutes, farmers', concerning, xii Institutes and public meetings, report of committee on, Lowell, summer meeting of the Board of Agriculture at, xvii xviii 196 376 Market gardening, lecture on, by Mr. Henry M. Howard, Some of the good things about, . Massachusetts, creameries and milk depots in, list of, List of nurserymen in, Massachusetts Agricultural College. See Agricultural College. Massachusetts weather in 1905, Massachusetts and Michigan compared, 35 42 323 235 xxiii xxvi 136 Middlesex North Agricultural Society, sale of real estate of, 213 |