THE FOETIETH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



SECRETARY 



OI" THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



To the Senate and House of Eepresentatives of the Commonwealth of 



Massachusetts. 



The year 1892 was a prosperous one for our farmers, and 

 the report of the secretary is a report of progress. 



Massachusetts Weather in 1892. 



January was warmer than the average, and the precipita- 

 tion was greater than usual in the central counties. The 

 snowfall was deficient. Snow, ice and bare ground alter- 

 nated at the end of the month. The prevailing wind was 

 from the north-west. A thunder-storm occurred at Williams- 

 town on the 2d. 



February was warm and dry. The precipitation was least 

 along the coast. From eight to twenty-six inches of snow 

 fell in the western part of the State and from one to eight 

 inches in the eastern. Only a trace of snow remained on 

 the ground at the end of the month. The prevailing direc- 

 tion of the wind was from the north-west. 



March was cool and dry. On the extreme southern Rhode 

 Island and Massachusetts coast the precipitation was above 

 the average, but in other sections it was below. The pre- 

 vailing wind was from the north-west. Thunder-storms 

 were observed at Hyannis and Mansfield on the 10th, and at 

 New Bedford and Randolph on the 11th. 



