No. 4.] AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 387 



Agricultural Tracts. 

 At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, held 

 July 7, 1858, it was voted that a committee consisting of 

 Messrs. Atwater, Brown and Marston be appointed to take 

 into consideration the subject of collecting and publish- 

 ing information on agricultural subjects, for distribution in 

 pamphlet form. At the meeting of the Board in Janu- 

 ary following, this connnittee presented a report, which was 

 accepted.^ In this report it was recommended that a com- 

 mittee be appointed to superintend the publication of such 

 tracts as might be approved by them under the direction of 

 the Board, and Messrs. Atwater, Marston and Secretary 

 Flint were constituted the committee. At a meeting held 

 Feb. 4, 1859, it was — 



Voted, To print 2,000 copies of the circular on manures; 

 1,000 copies of the circular on renovation of pastures; 1,500 

 of that on root crops; 1,000 of that on fruits; 1,000 of that on 

 fencing; 1,000 of that on cattle husbandry; 800 of that on 

 sheep; 200 of that on diseases of vegetation; 1,500 of that 

 on horses; 2,000 of that ou grain crops; and 500 of that on 

 market fairs. 



At a meeting of the Board, held Jan. 6, 18(i0, Mr. 

 Atwater, as chairman of the connnittee on the preparation 

 of tracts, presented the following report, which was ac- 

 cepted : — 



The committee appointed to carry out a resolution of the 

 Board of Agriculture to publish information on agriculture in 

 tract form, report, that they hiive luid printed an edition of forty 

 thousand copies of an extract from the Fourth Annual Eeport 

 of the Secretary of your Bourd on the culture of the grasses, 

 and ask your approval of the following plan for distribution. 



Grant to the members of the Legislature and the Secretary 

 of the Board, 5,000 copies; to the members of this Board, 

 2,500 copies; to be sent to the teachers in our public schools, 

 (10,000 in number) one copy to each teacher in cliarge of 

 schools in cities, and four copies to other teachers, to be read 



» Agriculture of Massachusetts, 1858 (Part I.) , p. 39. 



