INTRODUCTION. 



In accordance with the provision of the act of the Legislature 

 relative to the publication of the reports of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, the report of the experiment station, which 

 is a department of the college, is presented in two parts. Part 

 I. contains the formal reports of the director, treasurer and 

 heads of departments, and papers of a technical character giving 

 results of experiments carried on in the station. This will be 

 sent to agricultural colleges and experiment stations and to 

 workers in these institutions, as well as to libraries. Part I. 

 will be published also in connection with the report of the Secre- 

 tary of the State Board of Agriculture, and will reach the gen- 

 eral public through that channel. Part 11. will contain papers 

 of a popular character, and will be sent to persons on our mail- 



ing list. 



WM. P. BROOKS, 



Director. 



