DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1923 



Commissioner of Agricnlture 

 Dr. ARTHUR W. GILBERT of Belmont 



Advisory Board appointed by the Governor and Council 



EVAN F. RICHARDSON of Millis, Term expires Nov. 30, 1924. 

 LESLIE R. SMITH of Hadlet, Term expires Nov. 30, 1924. 

 PETER I. ADAMS of Housatonic, Term expires Nov. 30, 1925. 

 HERBERT N. SHEPARD of Warren, Term expires Nov. 30, 1925. 

 JOHN BURSLEY of Barnstable, Term expires Nov. 30, 1926. 

 STUART L. LITTLE of Newbury, Term expires Nov. 30, 1926. 



Organization of the Department 



Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry — Osman M. Camburn op 



Arlington, Director 



Division of Information — Dr. Charles D. Woods of Newton, Director 

 Division of Markets — Willard A. Munson of Walpole, Director 

 Division of Ornithology — Edward Howe Forbush of Westborough, Director 

 Division of Plant Pest Control — R. Harold Allen of Taunton, Director 

 Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Farms — Leslie R. Smith of 



Hadley, Director 



CONTENTS 



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Report of the Commissioner 4 



Recommendations for Legislation 4 



Changes in the staff 5 



Cooperation among agricultural agencies 5 



Daylight Saving . . . . 5 



Cooperation with Members of the Legislature 5 



Food problem of Massachusetts 5 



New England Agricultural Conference . 6 



European Corn Borer 6 



Certification of poultry 6 



English Farmers to come to New England 7 



Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry: 



Inspection work 7 



Dairying 8 



Bovine Tuberculosis 8 



Demonstration sheep farms 8 



Exhibits and meetings 9 



Poultry industry 9 



Division of Information : 



Agricultural statistics 10 



PubUcations 10 



The Library 11 



Distribution of agricultural information 12 



Listing and advertising Massachusetts farms for sale 12 



State institution farms 13 



