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ings ; " Bulletin No. 4, 



The Horn Fly," " Report on Cran- 

 berries. " Also this office co-operated with the New England 

 Weather Service in the issuing of weekly Weather-Crop 

 Bulletins. The first was of date of June 14 and the last of 

 date of October 4, — seventeen in all, representing an aggre- 

 gate issue of 36,600 copies. 



Publications. 

 The following publications were issued under the super- 

 vision of this office during the calendar year 1892 : — 



NAME. 



Pages. 



Number. 



Date 



of Issue. 



Catalogue of Abandoned oi' Partially 



Abandoned Farms, second edition, 

 Agriculture of Massachusetts, 189 1 

 Crop Bulletin, No. 1, May, . 



" " No. 2, June, . 



" " No. 3, July, . 



" " No. 4, August, 



" " No. 5, Septembei-, 



" " No. 6, October, 



Catalogue of Abandoned or Partially 



Abandoned Farms, third edition, 



Jan. 



jNIar. 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



22. 

 24. 



6. 



8. 



6. 



7. 



7. 



5. 



Nov. 26. 



* Including Annual Report of Director of State Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 352 pages. 



Legislation. 

 The legislation of the year 1892 that had reference to the 

 Board of Airriculturc or to the agricultural societies was : an 

 act providing for the assignment of police officers for special 

 service at agricidtural and horticultural exhibitions (Acts of 

 1892, chapter 180) ; an act to establish the salary of the first 

 clerk of the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture (Acts 

 of 1892, chapter 143) ; an act providing compensation for the 

 members of the State Dairy Bureau (Acts of 1892, chapter 

 139) ; a resolve providing against de[)redations by the insect 

 known as the Ocneria dispar or gypsy moth (Eesolves of 

 1892, chapter 5) ; a resolve i)roviding for printing the special 

 report of the State Board of Agriculture on the work of ex- 

 termination of the Ocneria dispar or gypsy moth (Resolves of 

 1892, chapter31) ; an act relating to the time of marking shade 

 trees for their })reservation (Acts of 189-2, chapter 147). 



