DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1925 



Commissioner of Agriculture 



Dr. ARTHUR W. GILBERT of Belmont 



Advisory Board Appointed by the Governor and Council 



PETER I. ADAMS of Stockbridge (Housatonic), Term expires Novem- 

 ber 30, 1925. 



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



JOHN BURSLEY of Barnstable (West), Term expires November 30, 

 1926. 



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



EVAN F. RICHARDSON of Millis, Term expires November 30, 1927. 



LESLIE R. SMITH of Hadley, Term expires November 30, 1927. 



Organization of the Department 



Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry — Joseph C. Cort of 



Cambridge, 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 Fairs — Leslie R. Smith of 



Hadley, Director 



CONTENTS 



Report of the Commissioner 



Recommendations for Legislation . 

 Changes in the Staff 

 Farms For Sale .... 

 Summer Facilities in Massachusetts 

 Farm Labor .... 



Present Status of Massachusetts Agriculture 

 Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry 

 Inspection Work . 

 Summary of Court Cases 

 Quality of Milk . 

 Sheep Work 



Garbage Feeding Survey 

 Brockton Fair 

 Beef Cattle Project 

 Division of Markets 



Wholesale Market News 



Farmers' Produce Market 



Special News on Apples 



Weekly News Letters 



Supplementary Reports . 



Dissemination of Market News 



Sources of Information 

 Retail Market News 

 Crop Reports 



