PUBLIC DOCUMENT .... .... No. 4. 



FORTY-FOURTH 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS 



State Board of Agriculture, 



TOGBTHEB WITH THE 



NINTH ANNUAL KEPORT OF THE HATCH EXPERI- 

 MENT STATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



1896. 



BOSTON : 



WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS, 



18 Post Office Squake. 



1897. 



