Xo. 4.] 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



XXV 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



State Board op Agriculture, Secretary's Office, 



Commonwealth Building, Boston, Oct. 14, 1891. 



Dear Sir : — Under date of August 25 last we mailed you a 



copy of the enclosed circular, hoping to receive a description of an 



abandoned or partially abandoned farm which the assessors of 



reported you to be the owner of. We have received no 



description of said farm from you, and we earnestly urge you to 



send us such description at once, if you wish to have the farm 



noticed in the catalogue. If you do not wish to dispose of it in 



this way, kindly notify us. We are anxious to issue the catalogue 



of description at an early date, but we do not feel warranted in so 



doing until all descriptions asked for have been heard from. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Wm. R. Sessions, Secretary. 



It was again found necessary to request the delinquents 

 to either forward descriptions of their property or notify us 

 that they did not wish to have it advertised in the catalogue. 

 Accordingly another notice was mailed November 1, with 

 the written request to reply at once. The following table 

 shows the results of these efforts to obtain descriptions of 

 the 887 farms reported by the assessors, including also 19 

 reported from other sources, or a total of 906 farms : — 



