FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, TOGETHER WITH THE TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HATCH EXPERI- 1897. BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS, 18 POST OFFICE SQUARE. 1898. Lecture: Raising and Marketing of Fruit. By Walter F. Taber,. Lecture Irrigation on our Farm. By Richard Hittinger, Lecture: Insects Injurious to the Cranberry and other Fruits. By Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board, Report of Examining Committee of the Agricultural College, Essay: Small Fruits in the Home Garden. By Prof. S. T. Maynard, 225 Essay: Three Shade-tree Insects. By A. H. Kirkland, M.S.,. Essay: Why Milk sours, and how the Souring can be prevented or Essay: Systematic Feeding and Watering as a Preventative of |