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Agricultural Directory. 

 A directory of the agricultural organizations in th'e Com- 

 monwealth, with officers for 1901, will be found printed on 

 pages 493-511 of this volume. This directory is intended to 

 be absolutely correct. Members of the Board, officers of 

 societies, granges and farmers' clubs will confer a favor 

 by sending notice of changes to this office as soon as they 

 occur. 



Farmers' National Congress. 

 The report of the delegates to the Farmers' National Con- 

 gress at Colorado Springs, Col., Aug. 21-31, 1900, is by 

 request included in this volume, and will be found printed 

 on pages 236-244. It is interesting to note that the present 

 president of the Congress is a Massachusetts gentleman, 

 Capt. R. G. F. Candage of Brookline. 



Revision of By-laws and Rules. 



The matter of revision of the by-laws, rules, etc., of the 

 Board has been taken under consideration by the committee 

 on institutes, rules and legislation, acting jointly with the 

 executive committee, and the results of their labors will be 

 duly reported. It is understood that the commission on the 

 revision of the Public Statutes will soon make their report, 

 and for this reason it is suggested that the printing of the 

 statute laws relating to the Board of Agriculture and to the 

 agricultural societies, and the by-laws of the Board, rules, 

 etc., be deferred until after the new statutes become available. 



It is hoped that the codification or revision above re- 

 ferred to w^U remove some of the oljjectionable features 

 in the laws as they now stand. 



Library. 

 The library in the office of the secretary is becoming more 

 and more appreciated and used. Attention is called to the 

 report of the librarian, which will be found printed on page 

 234 of this volume. 



