FORTY-THIRD

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

TOGETHER WITH THE

EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HATCH EXPERI-
MENT STATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

1895.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE LIBRARY OF
ARTHUR B. SEYMOUR

APRIL 2, 1933

Lecture: How can Boards of Agriculture help the Farmers? By

N. J. Bachelder,

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Lecture: The Milk Supply of Massachusetts Cities. By Geo. M.

Whitaker,

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Lecture: The Necessities and Demands of Modern Dairying. By

Ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard,

Lecture: The Ethics of Books. By Mrs. Alonzo Towle,

Lecture: How the Agricultural College and Experiment Station

benefit the Farmer. By Dr. J. B. Lindsey, .

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Lecture: Rational Stable Management. By Dr. F. H. Osgood,

Report on Extermination of the Gypsy Moth, .

Report of the Examining Committee of the Agricultural College, 305

Essay: Field Crops. By Prof. Wm. P. Brooks,

315

Essay: Tuberculin, — what it is; how it is used; what it does.

Essay: Birds as Protectors of Orchards. By E. H. Forbush,

Essay: Insecticides. By A. H. Kirkland,

Essay: Hints on Land Drainage. By Wm. Wheeler,

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Essay: The San José Scale. By Prof. C. H. Fernald, .

Agricultural Directory,

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Report on National Farmers' Congress at Atlanta, Ga.,

Report of Board of Cattle Commissioners,

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 1896.

Members ex Officio.

HIS EXCELLENCY FREDERIC T. GREENHALGE.

HIS HONOR ROGER WOLCOTT.

HON. WM. M. OLIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

H. H. GOODELL, M.A., LL.D., President Massachusetts Agricultural College.
C. A. GOESSMANN, PH.D., LL.D., Chemist of the Board.

WM R. SESSIONS, Secretary of the Board.

Members appointed by the Governor and Council.

SPRAGUE S. STETSON of Lakeville,
DWIGHT A. HORTON of Northampton,

JAMES S. GRINNELL of Greenfield, .

Members chosen by the Incorporated Societies. Amesbury and Salisbury (Agr'l and F. W. SARGENT of Amesbury, • Hort'l),

Barnstable County,

Berkshire,

Blackstone Valley,

Bristol County,

Deerfield Valley,

Eastern Hampden,

F. H. SMITH of Ashfield,

W. M. TUCKER of Monson,

F. H. APPLETON of Peabody (P. O.
Lynnfield),

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F. E. CLARK of Wilbraham,
WM. P. BROOKS of Amherst,

Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, C. B. LYMAN of Southampton,.

Hingham (Agr'l and Hort'l),

Hoosac Valley,

Housatonic,

Marshfield (Agr'l and Hort'l),
Martha's Vineyard,

Massachusetts Horticultural,
Massachusetts Society for Promot.
ing Agriculture,
Middlesex North,

Middlesex South,

SAMUEL M. RAYMOND of Hinsdale,
C. K. BREWSTER of Worthington,
EDMUND HERSEY of Hingham,
WM. H. GOVE of North Adams (P. O.
Blackinton),

F. A. PALMER of Stockbridge,
JOHN H. BOURNE of Marshfield,

H. G. NORTON of West Tisbury,
E. W. WOOD of West Newton,
FRANCIS SHAW of Wayland, ·

A. C. VARNUM of Lowell, .

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