THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 



OP THB 



SECEETARY 



OF THB 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- 

 ivealth of Massachv.setts : — 



The circumstances under which the State Farm at West- 

 horough came into the charge of the Board of Agriculture, 

 having Ijeen detailed in my last Annual Report, it now becomes 

 my duty to present a statement of its management durin.g the 

 past year. 



As some inquiries have been made, however, as to the objects 

 of the transfer and the designs of the Board in assuming tlie 

 control of the farm, it may be well to give in this place, a brief 

 summary of the causes which led to the change, and the man- 

 ner in which it was effected. 



The farm in question was connected with the State Reform 

 School, for the purpose of supplying milk and other necessary 

 products, and affording healthy and useful employment to the 

 l)oys. It contains aljout two hundred and eightj'-fivc acres, 

 beautifully located, and embracing a variety of soils. By the 

 Act establishing that institution this farm was placed under the 

 charge of the Trustees. As the number of inmates of the 

 school rapidly increased it was found that the faithful superin- 

 tendence and management of the institution demanded much 



