FORTIETH

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

TOGETHER WITH THE

TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

1892.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

1893.

HARVA

UNIVERSITY

JUL 21 1942

OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

BRADUATE SCHOOL

18220

Response of Hon. James S. Grinnell,

Lecture: Home-grown or Purchased Cattle Foods. By Prof.

12

Lecture: Fruit Growing in Massachusetts. By J. H. Hale,

Lecture: The Channel Islands and Their Agriculture. By Dr.

H. H. Goodell,

Lecture: The Harvest of the Sea; or, the Relation of the

Fisheries to Agriculture. By Wm. H. Bowker, .

Lecture: The Value of Breeds and Varieties, how They are

formed; the Effect of Food on Breeds. By Prof. I. P.

Roberts,

Lecture: Work of the Agricultural College and Hatch Experi-

ment Station. By Prof. Wm. P. Brooks,

Lecture: Work of the State Agricultural Experiment Station.

By Dr. C. A. Goessmann,

120

162

187

212

Lecture: Work of the State Cattle Commission. By Prof. Levi

Stockbridge,.

220

Lecture: Work of the Gypsy Moth Committee. By E. H. For-

bush,

Lecture: Work of the Board of Agriculture. By Wm. R.

Sessions,

249

Report of Committee on Extermination of the Gypsy Moth,

Report of the State Dairy Bureau,

Report of the Examining Committee of the Agricultural College,

Essay: The Agricultural Experiment Stations of Germany. By

Dr. J. B. Lindsey,

Essay: The Relation of Public Schools to Agriculture. By J.

E. Kimball,

Essay: Going West. By L. S. Richards,

Essay: The Benefits resulting from Agricultural Societies. By

Q. L. Reed,.

Directory of Agricultural and Similar Organizations, .

362

363

369

404

413

420

427

Report on Farmers' Congress at Lincoln, Neb. By Hon. Daniel

Needham,

444

Report of the State Cattle Commissioners,

447

Index,

461

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 1893.

Members ex Officio.

HIS EXCELLENCY WM. E. RUSSELL.

HIS HONOR ROGER WOLCOTT.

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

H. H. GOODELL, M.A., LL.D., President Massachusetts Agricultural College.

Members appointed by the Governor and Council.

ELBRIDGE CUSHMAN of Lakeville (P. O. Middleborough),

Members chosen by the Incorporated Societies.

Amesbury and Salisbury (Agr'F. W. SARGENT of Amesbury,

and Hort'l),

.

JOHN BURSLEY of West Barnstable,

J. D. W. FRENCH of North Andover,
CHAS. A. MILLS of Southborough,.
HENRY A. COOK of Northbridge (P. O.
Whitinsville),

CHARLES E. WARD of Buckland,

1895

1896

1894

1894

N. W. SHAW of North Raynham,

1896

WM. HOLBROOK, M.D., of Palmer,

1894

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

H. A. BARTON, JR, of Dalton,

WM. BANCROFT of Chesterfield,

Hingham (Agr'l and Hort'l),
Hoosac Valley,

EDMUND HERSEY of Hingham,

A. J. BUCKLIN of Adams,

J. H. ROWLEY of Egremont Plain,.

Housatonic,

Marshfield (Agr'i and Hort'l),

Martha's Vineyard, .

Massachusetts,

Massachusetts Horticultural,

Middlesex,.

Middlesex North,

Middleser South,

Nantucket,.

Oxford,

Plymouth County,

Spencer (Far's and Mech's Assoc'n),

Union (Agr'l and Hort'l),
Weymouth (Agr'l and Ind'l),
Worcester,

Worcester East,.

Worcester North,

EDWARD WARREN of Leicester (P. O.

Spencer),

G. C. ROWLEY of Blandford,

QUINCY L. REED of South Weymouth,

C. L. HARTSHORN of Worcester,

W. A. KILBOURN of South Lancaster,
GEORGE CRUICKSHANKS of Fitchburg,

E. A. HARWOOD of North Brookfield,
Secretary of the Board, WM. R. SESSIONS of Hampden.

Chemist to the Board, C. A. GOESSMANN, Ph.D., LL D., of Amherst.
Entomologist to the Board, C. H. FERNALD, Ph.D., of Amherst.
Office of the Secretary, Commonwealth Building, Boston.