FIFTY-SECOND

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

TOGETHER WITH THE

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HATCH EXPERI-
MENT STATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

1905.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

State Board of Agriculture, 1905,

Report of the Secretary,

Minutes of Special Business Meetings of the Board, .

Summer Meeting of the Board at Amherst,

Abstract of Address: Harness your Forces. By Dr. G. M.

Twitchell,

Public Winter Meeting of the Board at South Framingham,

Address of Welcome by John M. Merriam, Esq.,

Response for the Board by First Vice-President William R.

Sessions,

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Lecture: Producing and Marketing of Milk. By Mr. Frank B.

Allen, .

Lecture: The Profitable Dairy Cow. By Prof. C. S. Plumb,

Lecture: The Advisability of Agricultural Education in Ele-
mentary Schools. By Prof. L. II. Bailey,

Lecture: Present Definitions of Soil Fertility. By Dr. W. II.

Jordan,

Introductory Address by Dr. L. M. Palmer,

Address by His Excellency Governor John L. Bates,

157

Report of Committee on Experiments and Station Work,

Report of Committee on Forestry, Roads and Roadside Improve-

ments,.

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Report of Committee on Institutes and Public Meetings,

Report of Committee on Massachusetts Agricultural College,

Report of Committee on Gypsy Moth, Insects and Birds,

Third Annual Report of the State Nursery Inspector,

Sixth Semiannual Report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau,

Fourteenth Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau,

First Annual Report of the State Forester,

Essay: The Hay Crop in Massachusetts. By Prof. Wm. P.

Brooks,

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Essay: The Growing of Mushrooms. By Dr. Geo. E. Stone, .

377