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, 1930. 



LESLIE R. SMITH of Hadley, Term expires November 30, 1930. 



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

 ber 30, 1928. 



HERBERT N. SHEPARD of Warren, Term expiree 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 



Agricultural Outlook for 1928 



Recognition of Agricultural Achievement . 

 Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry 



Inspection Work 



Quality of Milk 



Hogs, Horses, Sheep, Dairy Cattle 

 Division of Markets .... 



Grading Program . 



Enforcement of the Apple Grading Law 



Market News ..... 



National Apple Week and National Egg Week 



Crop Reports . ..... 



Co-operative 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 . 



Floods 



Soil Survey . 



Fairs 



Camp Gilbert 



Award of Agricultural Prize Money 



Regulatory Work 



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