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establishment ; into Pennsylvania, to see the application of 

 lime ; and into New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the 

 District of Columbia, to look at their culture of silk. It was 

 understood, and expressly provided for in the Resolve author- 

 izing the survey, that the Commissioner should suggest such 

 improvements as he considered desirable and practicable in the 

 agriculture of Massachusetts. He could hardly be expected to 

 do this to the best advantage without seeing what improve- 

 ments had been made in other places ; and the extraordinary 

 facilities for travelling have enabled him to visit them, without 

 essentially interfering with the examination of his own State. 

 Besides this, by request of the farmers he has delivered, in 

 different parts of the State, at least twenty agricultural ad- 

 dresses, of which seven have been printed and gratuitously 

 distributed. He has published likewise in this time, 



1. An extended Circular Letter to the Farmers of Massachu- 

 setts, pointing out, in detail, the nature and objects of an Agri- 

 cultural Survey. 



2. A Treatise upon the use of Bone Manure. 



3. A Report on the subject of a Board of Agriculture. 



4. A Memorial to the Legislature on establishing a Depart- 

 ment of Domestic Industry, and the collection of Agricultural, 

 Manufacturing and Commercial Statistics. 



5. A Report on the Culture of Spring Wheat, by order of the 

 Senate. 



6. The First Report of the Agriculture of Massachusetts, em- 

 bracing principally the County of Essex. 



7. The Second Report of the Agriculture of Massachusetts, 

 embracing the County of Berkshire. 



8. The Third Report of the Agriculture of Massachusetts, 



