DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Commissioner of Agriculture 



Dr. ARTHUR W. GILBERT OF Belmont 

 HYLDA M. DEEGAN, Boston, Secretary 



Advisory Board Appointed by the Governor and Council 



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



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



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

 ber 30, 1928. 



HERBERT N. SHEPARD of Warren, Term expires November 30, 1928. 



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

 1929. 



STUART L. LITTLE of Newbury, Term expires November 30, 1929. 



Organization of the Department 



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



Reading, Director 

 Division of Markets — Frederick V. Waugh of Watertown, 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 



Farm Products Grading and Standardizing Law 



Agricultural Seed Law 



Coordination of Agricultural Activities 



Recognition of Agricultural Achievement 

 Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry 



Inspection Work .... 



Quality of Milk 



Sheep and Wool .... 

 Division of Markets .... 



Plans and Procedure .... 



Wholesale Market News 



Retail Market News .... 



Studies in Marketing 



Cooperative Relations 

 Division of Ornithology .... 

 Division of Plant Pest Control . 



Nursery Inspection .... 



European Corn Borer 



Apiary Inspection .... 



White Pine Blister Rust . 

 Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs 



Reclamation ..... 



Soil Survey ..... 



Fairs ...... 



Camp Gilbert .... 



Award of Agricultural Prize Money 



Control Work ..... 



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