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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Massachusetts Crop Reports. 



Monthly crop bulletins or reports were published as in 

 previous years, and six in all were issued (May-October), 

 aggregating 222 pages of printed matter. Twenty-four hun- 

 dred copies of No. 6 and 2,500 copies of Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 

 5 were printed and distributed. 



The special subjects treated were : Bulletin No. 1, " Small 

 fruits in the home garden ; " Bulletin No. 2, " Three shade- 

 tree insects;" Bulletin No. 3, "Why milk sours, and how 

 the souring can be prevented or at least delayed ; " Bulletin 

 No. 4, "Systematic feeding and watering as a preventative 

 of disease in horses;" and Bulletin No. 5, "Massachusetts 

 weeds." These special articles will be found printed on 

 pages 225-277 of this volume. 



Publications. 



This oflfice issued the following publications during the 

 calendar year 1897 : — 



* Including ninth annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station, 2.')4 pages. 



