Author: Henry Coleman

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9780267970766

Excerpt from Fourth Report of the Agriculture of Massachusetts: Counties of Franklin and Middlesex This constitutes my Fourth and last Report on the Agricul ture of Massachusetts. The Legislature having, in their wis dom, seen fit to repeal the act authorising the survey before its completion, it only remains for me to wrap my robes about me and retire, leaving behind me my blessing for my good old mother, the Bay State. It is a small offering; but there is a treasury, where the mite of the poverty-stricken, if it be the gift of a true heart, will not be disdained even among the splen did offerings of the affluent. I have given, in this case, an examination only of the coun ties of Franklin and Middlesex, with occasional references to other counties; but I have treated very fully the topics con nected particularly with the agriculture of these two counties, such as the raising and fatting of neat cattle, sheep husbandry, dairy stock, the keeping and fatting of swine, the cultivation of hops, and the reclaiming of peat and bog meadows. I have a large amount of materials on hand in relation to these and to other counties, which - I have examined, which I should have been glad to compile and present; but after the resolution re pealing the survey, I have not been without fears that I may have transcended my proper limits in giving as much as I have. Should this be the case, I can only throw myself on the can dor of an enlightened, and therefore liberal community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.