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In order to avoid duplication it is my desire to combine our agricultural 

 library with the State Library. I am therefore placing at your disposal 

 as a permanent repository all of the books of our library, with the excep- 

 tions noted below. These are to be entered, listed and catalogued as an 

 integral part of the State Library. 



After further conference the State Librarian wrote formally, 

 accepting the books and outlining in full memorandum the 

 mutual responsibilities. The following memorandum, given to 

 the Commissioner and the Directors of divisions by the Direc- 

 tor of the Division of Information, outlines the plan arrived at 

 and which is being put into operation as rapidly as the cata- 

 loguing and card indexing can be handled. 



With a desire for co-operation between the Massachusetts Department 

 of Agriculture and the Massachusetts State Library, that greater conven- 

 ience in the use of the books may result and that unnecessary duplica- 

 tion of cost and work may be eliminated, the following plans have been 

 decided upon : — • 



1. We will retain in our library one copy each of — 



Manuals and other reference books. 



Farmers' Bulletins of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Department Bulletins of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Experiment Station Record of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 The Agriculture of Massachusetts. 



2. Other books and pamphlets now in our library and variously stored 

 will be turned over to the State Library. These will be shelved and 

 catalogued so far as they add to the strength of the State Library in new 

 series or in filling gaps in files. 



3. The State Library will at once catalogue the above and books that 

 were stored with it two or more years ago. 



4. Duplicate author and subject cards of all pubhcations now in and 

 hereafter added to the State Library, on the topics named below, will be 

 filed in our library so that one can tell at a glance what is available on any 

 given subject. 



General Collection on Agriculture. 

 History of Agriculture. 



Federal Publications on Agriculture. (All. The State Library is an official reposi- 

 tory of all Federal publications.) 

 State Department of Agriculture Reports. 

 State Experiment Station Reports. 

 Horticulture. 

 Grains. 

 Fruits. 



Farm and Fencing. 

 Gardens and Gardening. 

 Marketing, Co-operative, etc. 



