FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 

 FARM MACHINERY. 



To the State Department of Agriculture. 



Chapter 90, General Acts of 1918. 



An Act to authorize the State Board of Agriculture to purchase 

 Farm Machinery and lease the Same for the Use of Farmers. 



Be it enacted, etc., as folloics: 



Section 1. There shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of 

 the commonwealth a sum not exceedmg one hundred thousand dollars, 

 to be expended subject to the approval of the governor and council by 

 the state board of agriculture in the purchase of farm machinery and 

 in operating the same or in leasing it to farmers, for use in this common- 

 wealth, upon such terms and for such periods as the board may deem 

 expedient. 



Section 2, The provisions of chapter four hundred and ninety-four 

 of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by chapter two 

 hundred and forty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, 

 relating to the hours of labor of pubhc employees, shall not apply to 

 persons employed under the provisions of this a.ct. 



Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 March 23, WIS. 



Acting under authority of this act, the State Board ^ of Agri- 

 culture, in conjunction with the State Food Production Com- 

 mittee of the Public Safety Committee, appointed Leslie R. 

 Smith of Hadley, Massachusetts, as Superintendent of State 

 Farm Machinery. The project was further organized by divid- 

 ing the State into four districts as follows: District No. 1, 

 including Berkshire and Hampshire counties, with C. E. Lock- 

 wood of Hinsdale as district superintendent; District No. 2, 

 including Worcester, Franklin and Hampshire counties, with 

 C. C. Colby of Hubbardston as district superintendent; Dis- 

 trict No. 3, including Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, 

 Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties, with W. H. 

 Pierce of Waltham as district superintendent (Mr. Pierce later 

 resigned and the position was filled by Joseph G. Ray of Frank- 



1 Where the term Board is used, it is understood to mean Department after September 1. 



