240 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



attached to the bill, and a second similar sample be pre- 

 served by the seller ; and also recommend that a fixed price 

 be established, at which competent chemists designated by 

 the State Board of Agriculture shall make single analyses 

 for arsenic in textile goods. 



On motion of Mr. J. G. Avery, Voted, That the State 

 Board of Agriculture, now in session, petition the Legisla- 

 ture for such legislation as will provide for ascertaining the 

 number, location, value and other facts pertaining to the 

 abandoned farms and farm lands in the State ; also the most 

 effective method of securing their reoccupancy. 



Remarks were made by President Goodell of the Agri- 

 cultural College, on the advisability of preparing a list of 

 agricultural works as a nucleus of an agricultural library 

 for town libraries or agricultural societies, stating that he 

 received many applications for such a list, not only from 

 different parts of the State but also from the State librarian, 

 in the carrying out of the act "to promote the establish- 

 ment and efficiency of free public libraries." On motion of 

 Mr. Stockwell, Mr. Goodell was appointed a committee to 

 prepare such list Mr. Goodell submitted the following, 

 which was accepted and adopted, and ordered to be printed 

 in the transactions of the Board. 



Scott, Lawes, Morton and others, — " Soil of the Farm." 

 Stockbridge, — " Rocks and Soils : their origin, composition and 



characteristics." 

 Warrington, — " Chemistry of the Farm." 

 Storer, — " Agriculture in some of its Relations with Chemistry." 



(Two volumes.) 

 Frankland, — " Agricultural Chemistry." 

 Lloyd, — "Science of Agriculture." 

 Harris, — " Talks about Manures." 

 Gregory, — " P'ertilizers." 

 French, — " Farm Drainage." 

 Johnson, — " How Crops Feed." 

 Johnson, — " How Crops Grow." 

 Masters, — " Plant Life on the Farm." 

 Beal, — " Grasses of North America." 



