388 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



publicly in schools, and loaned out from week to week, to be 

 read in the families in the farming districts, 31,000 copies, 

 making in all 38,500. 



The Secretary of the Board of Education, Hon. Geo. S. 

 Boutwell, has assured your committee that the Department of 

 Education will distribute the tracts with a circular making the 

 request above stated, without expense to this Department if he 

 is immediately furnished with the publications. 



On motion of Professor Clark, it was voted to ai)ply to 

 the Legislature for the sum of $1,100 to be used in the 

 collection of information. 



At a meeting of the Board, held in December, 18(iO, the 

 committee to Avhom was referred the consideration of pre- 

 paring agricultural tracts, to be issued in connected series 

 by the Board of Agriculture, reported unanimously that the 

 projected })ublication of an agricultural manual by a com- 

 mittee of the Board rendered inexpedient any issue of such 

 tracts at the present time, which report was accepted. 



Other Agricultural Publications. 

 The object of agricultural publications is to disseminate 

 information in agriculture. It seems proper, therefore, in 

 this connection, to refer to certain publications relating to 

 agriculture and kindred subjects authorized l)y the Legisla- 

 ture, and to certain other publications which appear to have 

 been published within the Commonwealth during the period 

 covered by this history. It is not presumed, however, that 

 a full and complete list of such publications will be given. 



Published by the Commonavealth. 



"Manual on the Growth of the Mulberry Tree and the Cul- 

 ture of Silk." By Cobb. See Resolves, 1831, chapter lxxx. 

 (January session), and Resolves, 1833, chapter xlvii. (January 

 session). 



"Reports on the Agriculture of Massachusetts." By Rev. 

 Henry Colnian. I. County of Essex, Boston, 1838. II. 

 County of Berkshire, Boston, 1839. III. Wheat and Silk. 

 Senate, No. 36, Boston, 1840. lY. Counties of Eranklin and 

 Middlesex, Boston, 1841. See Resolves, 1837, chapter lxvii. 



