204 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



" The Botanic Garden " Darwin. 2 vols. London, 1791. 

 " The New England Farmer : or, Georgical Dictionary." Samuel 

 Deane. Worcester, Mass., 1797. 



Massachusetts Library Club. 

 The library of the Board is represented in the Massachu- 

 setts Library Club, the present librarian having become a 

 member of the club very soon after his appointment. 



Additions. 

 Additions to the library are made from time to time by 

 gift, by purchase, by exchange and by binding pamphlets and 

 similar publications. The expenses thus incurred are paid 

 from the annual appropriation for "incidental expenses in 

 the office of the secretary." The expenses for the calendar 

 year 1897 were as follows: books and pamphlets purchased, 

 $111.38; current publications subscribed for, $37; binding, 

 $33; library supplies, $16.50; total, $197.88. 



Future Work. 



The removal of the office of the Board of Agriculture to 

 rooms in the State House extension has enabled the librarian 

 to place the volumes forming the library in suitable book- 

 cases, and to arrange and classify them in a manner to make 

 them easier of access and consequently of more value for 

 reference than was possible in the former rooms of the 

 Board. 



Now that the books are so arranged and classified, the 

 matter of a card catalogue of subjects becomes of importance. 

 It must be evident to all that, if the library is to be made of 

 the greatest use possible, the matter contained therein must 

 be made readily available. The librarian knows of no better 

 way to do this than by the use of a card catalogue of subjects. 

 There is no question in his mind, speaking from an experience 

 of over ten years, as to the great value of the library in the 

 regular work of the ofiice, for the need of it for reference 

 purposes alone has been recognized from the very first, and 

 its growth in size and range of subjects has resulted largely 

 from the demands which have been made upon it. Further- 

 more, in his opinion the time has come to card catalogue by 



