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No. L] REPORT OF SECRETARY. xxi 



"The Quarterly Journal of Economics," October, 1889. 



" Twenty-first Annual Report Massachusetts Bureau of Statis- 

 tics of Labor," 1890. 



The Cosmopolitan," June, 1893. 



Sixth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Industrial Sta- 

 tistics of Rhode Island," L893. 



"Century Magazine," April, May and September, 1894, and 

 October, 1901. 



"Proceedings of the Farmers' National Congress," Boston, 

 1899. 



" Review of Reviews," September, 1899. 



"Ladies' Home Journal," May, 1901. 



"New England Magazine," August, 1901. 



The Office Library. 

 Attention is called to the report of the librarian, printed 

 in connection with the proceedings of the annual meeting. 

 Recently the library has been the recipient of some 225 

 volumes, formerly a part of the library of the late Andrew 

 H. Ward, and presented to the Board by his son. Some of 

 these volumes have been placed upon the library shelves ; 

 others will be used in exchange, or will be placed where 

 they will be of use in library work. 



Agricui/tural Directory. 



The usual directory of agricultural organizations in the 

 Commonwealth, with officers for 1902, will be found printed 

 in this volume. It is intended that this directory shall in- 

 clude all organizations of an agricultural nature existing in 

 Massachusetts ; and officers of organizations of this nature, 

 not included in the directory, will confer a favor on the 

 office by reporting the existence of their organization, with 

 its officers. 



Farmers' National Congress. 



The delegates appointed to attend the meeting of the 

 Farmers' National Congress, at Sioux Falls, S. P., Oct. 1-4, 

 1901, were as follows: R. G. F. Candage, Brookline ; 

 John G. Avery. Spencer; Henry P. Howland, Spencer; 

 Geo. M. Whitaker, Winthrop ; Sallie C. Candage, Brook- 



