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posed book, a short statement on the subject was written 

 and multigraphed. Several hundred copies of this statement 

 have been sent out during the year in answer to inquiries. 



The possibihty of a co-operative arrangement for getting out 

 publications with the Agricultural College was discussed and 

 a plan is being worked out whereby this can be done. 



Press Notes, Co-oferation icitli Newsyayers. 



The principal contact of the Department with the daily 

 papers of the State has been through the "State House News 

 Service," to which items have been furnished during the year. 

 One of the reporters connected with the service is also corre- 

 spondent for the "New England Homestead," to which he 

 sends a summary of the Department's work each week. Early 

 in the year certain inquiries were made by one of the Boston 

 daily papers for detailed information about the effect of day- 

 light saving on farm operations, and this was followed by in- 

 quiries about other special topics of interest at the time. The 

 information supplied was used in the preparation of editorials 

 for this paper. Requests by the other Boston papers for 

 information on special topics have been rather frequent, and 

 the Division has endeavored either to supply the information 

 wanted or to refer the inquirers to the source from which it 

 could be secured. 



Since there w^as no general information in the farming sections 

 of the State about the reorganization of the Department and 

 the work of the several divisions, a series of articles was pre- 

 pared for the various county farm bureaus to be used in their 

 monthly publications. This series consisted of seven articles, 

 the first giving an account of the Department as a whole and 

 each of the succeeding six describing the organization and the 

 work of one of the divisions. These articles were printed in 

 full by the JNIiddlesex County Bureau and largely by the 

 Hampden County Bureau, and extracts were made from them 

 by other county bureaus. Statements about other matters of 

 interest have been sent to the county bureaus from time to 

 time. It is the intention of the Division to continue supplying 

 notes about items of interest to all the countv bureaus so that 



