vi PREFACE. 



I am indebted to several individuals who have kindly 

 furnished me with the plates of animals and buildings 

 which adorn the following pages. 



The arrangement of the materials of which the present 

 volume is composed is in the main the same as that of 

 last year, which, on the whole, was found to be both more 

 logical and convenient for reference than any other which 

 could be adopted. A complete index will be found at 

 the end. 



The financial returns of the societies will be found in 

 the Appendix to the Second Annual Report of the Secre- 

 tary of the Board of Agriculture. 



C. L. FLINT. 



Boston, April, 1855. 



