No. i.] REPORT OF SECRETARY. xvii 



P. Brooks; "How to suppleuuuit a short hay crop," by 

 Prof. Chas. S. Phelps ; " Bush-fruits," by Prof. F. S. Card ; 

 " Practical poultry housing" (illustrated), l)y John H. Rob- 

 inson ; " Commercial pork making and pig raising in New 

 England," by A. A. Southwick ; and " Clean milk : sugges- 

 tions for the average })roducer," by P. M. Harwood. Numer- 

 ous calls were received for these bulletins during the year, 

 and requests that they be sent regularly so frequent as to call 

 for an increase of the edition from 3,900 for ^lay to 4,300 

 for October. The supply of the issues containing the arti- 

 cles on bush-fruits and swine growing were exhausted almost 

 at once, so great w^as the call ; and at the present time there 

 are but few copies of the other months available, with the 

 exception of October. There is one drawback attending the 

 popularity of this work, — the increased expense, making 

 yearly greater calls upon the appropriation for " the dis- 

 semination of useful information in agriculture ; " but we 

 shall continue to develop it, nevertheless, confident that, if 

 necessary, a larger appro})riation will be forthcoming when 



needed. 



Nature Leaflets. 



The following illustrated nature leaflets were issued during 

 the year : ' ' The brown-tail moth ; " " The gypsy moth " and 

 "The garden toad," by A. H. Kirkland, M.S. ; and " School 

 gardens," " Planting and care of the school garden," " Crops 

 for the school garden" and "Results of school gardening," 

 by Mr. II. D. Hemenway. 



It was found necessary to issue a second edition of the 

 nature leaflets on " Spraying mixtures for insects and })lant 

 diseases," "Insects injuring lawns," "Owl friends," "Bird 

 houses" and " Our friend the chickadee." 



Extracts from the Trespass Laws. 



In compliance with law copies of the extracts from the 

 trespass laws were furnished on paper for i)osting in the 

 post-offices of the State. Copies i)rinted on cloth for out- 

 door use were furnished on application. The following 

 table will show the number of individuals requesting post- 

 ers, the number sent, and the variations from month to 

 month during the year : — 



