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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub.Doc. 



country, from the United States Weather-Crop Bulletins, 

 was included in each issue. Since the same dale an abstract 

 of the monthly reports of the statistician of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture of the condition of crops 

 in Massachusetts at the beginning of each month was also 

 included. 



Publications. 



The following publications were issued under the super- 

 vision of this office during the calendar year 1891 : — 



Legislation. 

 The legislation of the year 1891 that had reference to the 

 Board of Agriculture or to the agricultural societies Mas an 

 act relative to preserving ornamental and shade trees on 

 the highways, amendment to Acts of 1890, chapter 196, sec- 

 tion 2 (Acts of 1891, chapter 49) ; a resolve providing for 

 nails or spikes for designating certain trees on highways for 

 preservation (Resolves of 1891, chapter 72) ; an act to in- 

 corporate the Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society 

 (Acts of 1891, chapter 77) ; a resolve in favor of the Wey- 

 mouth Agricultural and Industrial Society, providing for the 

 payment of $463.55 bounty (Resolves of 1891, chapter 32) ; 

 an act relative to the tiling of certificates by agricultural 

 societies, amendment to Public Statutes, chapter 114, sec- 

 tion 2 (Acts of 1891, chapter 124) ; an act to authorize the 

 State Board of Agriculture to collect and circulate informa- 

 tion relating to abandoned farms (Acts of 1891, chapter 

 280) ; an act to authorize the secretary of the State Board 



* Inclnding Annual Report of Director of the State Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, 324 pages. 



