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Members of Board of Agriculture, . . . 500 



Incorporated agricultural societies, . . . 1,650 



Farmers' clubs, 1,484 



Granges, 2,394 



General distribution, 990 



On hand and unaccoimted for, .... 404 



7,422 



Distribution by States and Territories. 



Maine 25, New Hampshire 9, Vermont 8, Massachusetts 

 14,407, Ehode Island 6, Connecticut 25, New York 9, New 

 Jersey 3, Pennsylvania 11, Delaware 1, Maryland 7, Virginia 

 2, North Carolina 1, Georgia 12, Florida 1, Louisiana 1, 

 Texas 1, Ohio 1, Indiana 3, Illinois 4, Michigan 14, Missouri 

 4, Iowa 2, Kansas 2, Nebraska 2, Tennessee 1, Minnesota 1, 

 Wisconsin 2, Oregon 1, Dakota 1, Utah 1, Colorado 3, 

 California 1, District of Columbia 1. 



Distribution to Foreign Countries. 



Canada 7, New Brunswick 2, Nova Scotia 1, Brazil 1, 

 England 2, Scotland 1, France 1, Italy 1, Austria 2, India 

 1, Japan 2, Australia 2. 



During the past year two new agricultural societies have 

 been incorporated — one at Spencer, the other at Oxford, 

 both in Worcester County. Each has started with remark- 

 able vigor and enthusiasm, taking a position quite abreast of 

 the most aggressive and successful of the older societies. 

 There are now thirty-five societies represented on the Board 

 of Agriculture. 



The Legislature of 1888 appropriated one thousand dollars 

 " for the dissemination of useful information in agriculture." 

 From this fund has been paid the cost of the crop reports 

 issued from this office for the months of June, July, August, 

 September and October. The expense of printing the 

 valuable paper on Tuberculosis by Dr. C. H. Fernald of the 

 Agricultural College, distributed by the Hatch Experiment 

 Station, was also paid from this appropriation. From the 

 same fund has been paid the expense of more than twenty 

 lectures that were delivered by prominent agriculturists 

 at farmers' institutes. Much more might have been ac- 



