THIRTY-EIGHTH

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

TOGETHER WITH THE

EIGIITII ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

1890.

Address of J. Lewis Ellsworth, President Worcester Agricultural

Society,

4

Lecture: What have our Experiment Stations done for the Farmers?

By Prof. G. H. Whitcher,

10

Lecture: Birds of Massachusetts. By Dr. B. H. Warren,

34

Address of His Excellency Governor J. Q. A. Brackett,

64

Lecture: The Dairy Temperament of Cows. By Governor W. D.

Hoard,

C7

Lecture: Some Conditions for Success in New England Agricult-

ure. By Dr. G. M. Twitchell,.

90

Lecture: Law, or Nature's Modes of Action. By Prof. I. P.

Roberts,

129

Lecture: The Agriculture of the Nile Valley. By John E.

Russell,

163

Lecture: The Horse. By C. M. Winslow,

179

Lecture: What can Legislation do for Agriculture? By T. S. Gold,

202

Minutes of the Annual Meeting,

234

Report of the Examining Committee of the Agricultural College,

245

Report on the Forests of Massachusetts,

254

Report on the Birds of Massachusetts,

267

Essay: The Promotion of Agriculture. By F. H. Appleton,

274

290

Essay: Care and Management of Milch Cows. By G. L. Clemence,

Essay: The Farmer; his Relations to the Manufacturer and

Mechanic. By J. G Avery,

Essay: The Board of Agriculture and the Agricultural Societies;

can they Broaden and Improve their Work? By W. II. Bowker, .

Essay: Essentials to Success in Farming. By P. M. Harwood,

Financial and Premium Tables,

Directory of Agricultural and Similar Organizations,

The State Board of Agriculture, history of,

Lettuce and Cucumber Culture under Glass,

The Grape Industry in Massachusetts,

The Dairy Industry in Massachusetts,

Cattle Commissioners' Report,

Index,

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Members ex Officio.

HIS EXCELLENCY WM. E. RUSSELL.
HIS HONOR WM. H. HAILE.

HON. WM. M. OLIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
H. H. GOODELL, M.A., President Massachusetts Agricultural College.

Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, E. C. CLAPP of Northampton,.

1894

Spencer (Far'sand Mech'8A8soc'n), J. G. AVERY of Spencer,.

1892

Secretary of the Board, WILLIAM R. SESSIONS of Hampden.
Chemist to the Board, C. A. GOESSMANN, Ph.D., LL.D., of Amherst.

Entomologist to the Board, C. II. FERNALD, Ph.D., of Amherst.

Office of the Secretary, Commonwealth Building, Boston.