No. 4.] 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



XV 



Massachusetts Crop Reports. 



The publication of monthly crop bulletins was continued 

 as in previous seasons, and six in all were issued (May- 

 October), aggregating- 332 pages of printed matter. 

 Twenty-three hundred copies of No. 2 and 2,500 copies 

 of Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were printed and distributed. 



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

 port of meetings of Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion ; " Bulletin No. 2, " The grass crop ; " Bulletin No. 3, 

 "The army worm;" Bulletm No. 4, "The crow in Massa- 

 chusetts;" Bulletin No. 5, "The Babcock milk tester;" 

 and Bulletin No. 6, "Concentrated feed stuffs." These 

 special articles will be found printed on pages 249-348 of 

 this volume. Also, as in the past four years, this office co- 

 operated with the New England "Weather Service in the 

 issuing of weekly weather-crop bulletins. The first was of 

 date of April 28 and the last of date of September 29, in 

 all representing an aggregate issue of 57,500 copies. 



Publications. 

 The following publications were issued under the super- 

 vision of this office during the calendar year 1896 : — 



* Including eighth annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station, 190 pages. 



