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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Publications. 



The Division determined to work toward a policy of printing 

 a small number of large publications practically in textbook 

 form on the principal types of farming practiced in Massa- 

 chusetts, and to supplement these with shorter bulletins on 

 various phases of these same subjects and on additional sub- 

 jects in which there might be interest. Work was immediately 

 begun upon a new edition of the book on "Apple Growing," 

 for which there was much demand. Arrangements were made 

 with recognized authorities on various branches of the subject 

 to prepare articles for the new book, in some cases by revising 

 articles which had appeared in the previous edition and in 

 other cases by writing articles entirely hew. Since the De- 

 partment had no literature on the growing of peaches or on 

 the culture of pears, an effort was made to secure articles on 

 these subjects with appropriate illustrations. The article on 

 peaches was secured but the article on pears could not be ar- 

 ranged for in time to be included in the new edition. Since 

 the subject-matter of the book was extended beyond the field 

 of apple growing, the title was changed to "Orcharding." 



The annual Union Meeting brought out a number of in- 

 structive papers on special subjects, and by arrangement with 

 the authors nine of these articles were printed as circulars and 

 distributed by the Department during the year. These cir- 

 culars dealt with phases of the following subjects: — 



A new circular on birds was prepared by the Division of 

 Ornithology and printed during the year, and revised editions 

 of several other circulars previously prepared by the same 

 Division were also printed. The publications prepared by the 

 Division of Ornithology are among the most popular published 

 by the Department, and two or three of them probably have 

 a wider circulation than any other Department publication. 



