160 BOARD OF AGKICULTUKE. [Pub. Doc. 



Report to the Legislature of the State 

 Board of Agriculture acting as Over- 

 seers OF THE Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. 



[Revised Laws, chapter 89, section 10; adopted by the Board Jan. 12, 1909.] 



The majority of the committee visited the college in June 

 at the time of commencement, and it was then that the 

 Grinnell prizes were awarded to John Daniel of Osterville 

 and Clifford Dolan of Hudson. 



At our visit in October, the increase each year of the 

 number in the entering class indicated to us that onr young 

 men appreciate the education our college gives, and to better 

 furnish this education more facilities are needed, and we 

 hope the Commonwealth will continue its wise policy of try- 

 ing to provide the best, so that at this institution, situated 

 in one of the fairest sections of the State, we may still fit 

 the young man for a practical life work. 



The increased interest in floriculture is being provided for 

 by a new building for classes and the new glass houses for 

 demonstration work. Clark Hall has a glass house added to 

 better accommodate the botanical department. 



Whatever course may be decided upon by the present 

 Legislature the college will be hampered for suitable barn 

 room for a year at least, owing to the burning in August 

 of the one that had been completed so short a time. If the 

 Commonwealth is to continue its policy of placing no insur- 

 ance on its buildings, then it surely ought to create an 

 emergency fund for use on occasions like this. 



The entomological building must be supplanted by a 

 modern fireproof building, with accommodations for a much 

 larger number of students than are being provided for at 

 present. With the rapid increase of destructive insects, this 



