REPORT OF DELEGATE TO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 129 



State where the need for it seemed to be most pressing, and was 

 operated by the State, the cost of the work in each case being 

 charged to the farmer. In addition to the large increased acreage 

 which was put under cultivation, the experiment was a very valu- 

 able one as showing the place which the farm tractor has in Massa- 

 chusetts. Five tj'pes of tractors were tried out, and the Depart- 

 ment has reached very definite conclusions as to just what type 

 of a farm the tractor will prove useful on. It is expected that now 

 that the machinery has been purchased it will be operated another 

 year, as the local demand for grain crops will probably be undi- 

 minished. 



The Public Winter Meeting of the Board was held in Worcester 

 in January, 1918, and the Summer Field Meeting was held at 

 Hathorne at the Essex County Agricultural School in August. 



The new Department will hold its First Annual Public Winter 

 Meeting at Horticultural Hall in February, 1919. 



