No. 4.] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 305 



Report to the Legislature or the State 

 Board of Agriculture, Acting as Over- 

 seers of the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College. 



[Revised Laws, chapter 89, section 10, adopted by the Board, Jan. 7, 1902.] 



To the Stale Board of Agriculture, Overseers of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College. 



Your committee has attended to the duties assigned it, 

 and has visited the Agricultural College on two different oc- 

 casions. 



June 14 the " Grinnell prizes " were awarded as follows : 

 the first prize to Nathan Justin Hunting of Shutesbury and 

 the second prize to Ralph Ingram Smith of Leverett. 



Entomological Department. 

 We are pleased to note the increasing interest in the en- 

 tomological department. While it is but a very few years 

 since the building was greatly enlarged, it was gratifying 

 to see all of the desks filled with industrious pupils, anx- 

 ious to learn more of the insects detrimental and useful to 

 our farmers. That the worth of the graduate from this 

 department is appreciated is proved by the responsible posi- 

 tions recently filled in the western States by men from this 

 course. The same is true of the classes in botany, where 

 the students are ever seeking for more knowledge of the 

 fungous and rust diseases so detrimental to nearly all the 

 fruits, vegetables and grains. This class room is also well 

 filled,. — an evidence that our people realize that, if we 

 are to successfully cope with the great questions confront- 

 ing the agriculturist of to-day, more and deeper study is 

 necessary. 



