No. 4.] 



KEPORT OF SECRETARY 



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progressive farmers from every part of the country must 

 result in great good to our people. Two thousand copies 

 of the official proceedings of the Congress were printed 

 under the direction of the committee and have been par- 

 tially distributed. A fuller report of the committee of 

 arrangements will be found on pages 517-525 of this 



volume. 



Publications. 



The following publications were issued by this office in 

 1899, and may be obtained on application : — 



There were also issued in pamphlet form the following 

 excerpts from the "Agriculture of Massachusetts," 1898: 

 " What the experiment stations have learned about raising 

 and curing tobacco," by Dr. E. H. Jenkins ; " The mission 

 of the agricultural colleges," by Dr. W. H. Jordan ; " The 

 love and study of nature : a part of education," by Dr. G. 

 Stanley Hall. Also, the following excerpts from the " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Farmers' National Congress:" "Decline 

 of farm lands in the east : cause and remedy," by Hon. J. 



* Including eleventh annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, 172 pages. 



