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About the middle of November it was thought best to go 

 ahead and issue a descriptive catalogue, although but 547 of 

 the 906 farins had been heard from. Accordingly this was 

 done, and December 4 there was issued from this office a 

 pamphlet of 104 pages, containing a map of the State, an 

 outline of the work to date, results of similar work by the 

 Bureau of Labor, physical characteristics of the State, statis- 

 tics of education and agriculture, and descriptions of 328 

 farms. Three thousand copies were printed, about 1,000 of 

 which were sent to owners or agents of the property 

 described, to assessors, and to members of the Board of Agri- 

 culture and the agricultural societies ; the other 2,000 were 

 sent or given only upon request. The edition was soon 

 exhausted, and it was found necessary to have another 

 printed. As the first edition was stereotyped, this was 

 readily and cheaply done. The second edition of 1,500 

 copies was ready for distribution Feb. 1, 1892. In this 

 edition descriptions of nine farms were added. In all, 1,500 

 requests for the catalogue have been received by mail, or an 

 average of 125 per week for the twelve weeks. To date, 

 March 1, 3,900 of the 4,500 catalogues have been dis- 

 tributed. The following summary will show the disposition 

 made : Massachusetts, 2,902 ; Maine, 34 ; New Hampshire, 

 62 ; Vermont, 15 ; Rhode Island, 44 ; Connecticut, 103 ; New 

 York, 382 ; New Jersey, 47 ; Pennsylvania, 36 ; Delaware, 

 3 ; District of Columbia, 19 ; Maryland 5 ; Virginia, 9 ; West 

 Virginia, 2 ; North Carolina, 2 ; South Carolina, 1 ; Georgia, 

 3 ; Florida, 9 ; Alabama, 2 ; Mississippi, 1 ; Texas, 3 ; Arkan- 

 sas, 1 ; Missouri, 8 ; Kentucky, 2 ; Tennessee, 1 ; Ohio, 33 ; 

 Indiana, 9 ; Illinois, 28 ; Michigan, 31, Wisconsin, 9 ; Min- 

 nesota, 11; Iowa, 7; North Dakota, 4; South Dakota, 5; 

 Kansas, 16 ; Nebraska, 15 : Utah, 1 ; Colorado, 1 ; Washing- 

 ton, 1 ; Oregon, 2 ; California, 7 ; Canada, 22 ; and England, 1 . 



Many letters, a number from non-residents, have been 

 received, expressing an interest in the work and the hope 

 that good results would be secured. This office has recently 

 been notified that the Connecticut authorities were soon to 

 enter upon a similar line of work. 



It is too early to state what has been accomplished by this 

 line of work, but it is believed that the results will in the 

 end be to the advantage of the Commonwealth. 



