20 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



mention here, especially, lest, like so many unobtrusive charities, 

 it be overlooked and forgotten. 



In the year 1859 I find that the members of the Board fur- 

 nished 182 pages, including their reports upon the societies ; 

 and the subjects treated were Manures, Pasture Lands, Cattle, 

 Diseases of Vegetation, Fruit Culture, Root Crops, Market Days, 

 and Agricultural Education. 



In the year 1860 the members of the Board furnished 217 

 pages, and the subjects treated of were Sheep Husbandry, 

 Diseases of Vegetation, Root Crops, Horses and Flowage. 



In the year 1861 the members of the Board furnished 179 

 pages, and the subjects treated of were Diseases of Vegetation, 

 Cattle Husbandry, Protection of Sheep and Lambs, Wastes of 

 the Farm, and Wheat Culture. 



In the year 1862 the members of the Board furnished 187 

 pages, and the subjects treated of were The Application of 

 Manures, The Cultivation of Tobacco, The Arrangement of a 

 Catalogue of Fruits adapted to Massachusetts, and Grape 

 Culture. 



In the year 1863 the members of the Board furnished 95 

 pages, including their discussions ; and the subjects treated of 

 were Agricultural Education, Grape Culture, The Growing of 

 Meat, Preparation of Land for Crops, and The Cranberry. 



In the year 1861 the members of the Board furnished 1 81 

 pages, and the subjects treated of were The Management of 

 Farms, Agricultural Education, The Corn Crop, Grape Culture, 

 Pasture-lands, Cattle Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry. Root Crops 

 and Garden Vegetables, Planting Pines and other Trees, Farm 

 Buildings, Fruit Cultivation, and Grapes. 



In the year 1865 the members of the Board furnished 289 

 pages, and the subjects treated of were The Cattle of Massa- 

 chusetts, Agriculture as an Employment, The Diseases of Cattle, 

 Sheep Husbandry, Plants, Grape Culture, Manures, Drainage, 

 Fruit Trees, Forest Trees, The Dairy, Farm" Accounts, Seeds, 

 and Surveys of several Counties in the State. 



The members who contributed these pages to the State report 



specially, also, in some instances, appear as writers for the local 



societies. In the part which I have performed in this service 



myself, I have endeavored to discharge faithfully my duty as a 



.member of the Board, working for the general interests of agri- 



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