XVI 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Pages. 



Number. 



Date 

 of Issue. 



Crop Bulletin No. 5, September, 

 NatureLeafletNo.il, . 

 Crop Bulletin No. 6, October, 

 Farmers 1 institute pamphlet, . 



40 



4 



38 



16 



2,600 



700 



2,600 



800 



Oct. 7. 

 Oct. 30. 

 Nov. 4. 

 Dec. 19. 



There were also issued in pamphlet form " Some lessons 

 from the census," by Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, being an 

 excerpt from the "Agriculture of Massachusetts," 1900; 

 " The influence of the monks in agriculture," by Dr. Henry 

 H. Goodell ; and " The culture of the civic virtues," by 

 Rev. Calvin Stebbins ; being excerpts from the "Agriculture 

 of Massachusetts," 1901. 



Crop Bulletins or Reports. 



The publication of monthly crop bulletins or reports was 

 continued in 1901, and 6 in all were issued (May-October), 

 aggregating some 240 pages of printed matter. The special 

 articles included in these reports were : ' ' Three common 

 orchard scales," by Dr. H. T. Fernald (illustrated) ; " A 

 lesson in economics : what the agriculture of the twentieth 

 century demands," by Dr. G. M. Twitchell ; "Selection 

 and improvement of the dairy herd," by Prof. F. S. Cooley ; 

 " Poultry keeping as a principal feature of diversified farm- 

 ing," by John H. Robinson ; ' ' Irrigation in humid climates," 

 by Prof. C. S. Phelps ; and " Cranberry culture in south- 

 eastern Massachusetts," by John Burslcy. 



Nature Leaflets. 



The publication of nature leaflets has been continued, and 

 4 leaflets of 4 pages each have been issued, upon the follow- 

 ing subjects : "Insects injuring lawns;" "Poison ivy;" 

 "The Datanas ; " and " Quince rust." 



Legislation. 

 The legislation of 1901 having reference to the Board of 

 Agriculture or to the agricultural societies was : " An act 

 relative to the raising and preserving of forest trees " (Acts 



