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REPORTS OF SECRETARY OF BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



First Report, 1853. 685 pages. 

 Part I., 186 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Chas. L. Flint ; review of past and present con- 

 dition of agriculture of Massachusetts ; Indian corn, hay, wheat, rye, 

 barley, oats, potatoes, root crops, fruit, the cranberry, broom-corn, 

 tobacco, flax, hops, reclaimed lands, improvement of pastures, wood- 

 laud, manures, stock, sheep, swine, poultry, farm labor, profits of farm- 

 ing, points of excellence of stock. 



Reports of delegates appointed to visit exhibitions of societies : Essex, 

 Middlesex, Worcester, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, Franklin 

 County, Berkshire, Housatonic, Bristol County. 



Remarks on the climate of New England, by John C. Gray. 



Appendix : returns of societies ; finances, analysis of premiums and gra- 

 tuities. 



Index. 



Part II., 499 pages. 



Preface. Officers of societies. Exhibitions for 1854. 



Reports of committees : farms, reclaimed meadows, improving pasture 

 laud, orchards, forest trees, ploughing, manures, Indian corn, wheat, 

 rye, barley, oats, beans, grass seed, root crops, cranberries, rotation of 

 crops, stock, bulls, milch cows and heifers, working oxen, comparative 

 value of crops as food for cattle, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, bees 

 and honey, the dairy, fruits and vegetables, agricultural implements. 



Addresses to the societies : fruit culture, by Joseph S. Cabot ; descent of 

 land, by George S. Boutwell ; science in agriculture, by Prof. Wm. C. 

 Fowler ; soil analysis, by Wm. S. King ; agricultural experiments, by 

 Rev. F. D. Huntington ; study of soils, by Dr. Daniel Lee ; farm ac- 

 counts, by Justus Tower ; agricultural education, by Henry L. Dawes ; 

 the progress of agriculture, by Rev. F. D. Huntington ; adaptation of 

 soils, by Sanford Howard. 



Index. 



Second Report, 1854. 722 pages. 

 Part I., 202 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; petition of committee of Board to Legis- 

 lature concerning farm of State Reform School at Westborough ; report 

 of committee of Legislature ; act; contract; by-laws; reports of com- 

 mittees of Board having charge of general improvements, etc., stock, 

 com crops, potatoes, root crops, carrots, hay, labor; climate of New 



