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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



$10,000 ; for collecting and analyzing samples of concen- 

 trated commercial feed stuffs, $1,200; for travelling and 

 other necessary expenses of the trustees, $500 ; for main- 

 tenance fund for the veterinary laboratory, $1,000 ; for im- 

 provements, repairs and further equipment, $8,500 ; and for 

 purchasing band instruments, $400. 



The Legislature of 1901 also appropriated $50,000 for 

 expenses of exterminating contagious diseases among horses, 

 cattle and other animals. 



Abandoned Farms. 



The work of collecting and distributing information rela- 

 tive to partly abandoned farms and unremunerative lands 

 has been continued, and in September a ninth edition of 

 the catalogue of such farms and lands was issued. The 

 methods adopted were much the same as in former years, 

 but the efforts put forth resulted in getting only 30 new 

 descriptions. 



The following tables will illustrate the results accom- 

 plished in this line of work since its commencement under 

 chapter 280 of the Acts of 1891 : — 



Catalogues issued. 



EDITION 



Date of Issue. 



Number 



of 

 Copies. 



Total 



Descriptions 



published. 



Total Farms 

 sold. 



Total Farms 

 withdrawn. 



First, 



Second, 



Third, 



Fourth, 



Fifth, 



Fifth supplement, 



Sixth, . 



Seventh, 



Eighth, . 



Ninth, . 



Nov., 1891, 

 Jan., 1892, 

 Nov., 1892, 

 Nov., 1893, 

 Dec., 1894, 

 April, 1896, 

 Dec, 1896, 

 Dec, 1897, 

 Sept., 1900, 

 Sept., 1901, 



22 

 58 



79 



79 



95 



103 



11 1 



122 



