CONTENTS 



Personnel 



Advisory Board 



Divisions of Department 



State Reclamation Board 



Changes in Staff 



Recognition of Agricultural Achievement . 

 Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry 



Oleomargarine Inspection Work 



Quality Milk Work Increasingly Effective 



Summary of Quality Milk Work 



Results of Ton Litter Contest 



Assistance Rendered to Sheep Breeders 

 Division of Markets .... 



Grades Adopted for Farm Products 



Egg Grading Becoming a Common Practice 



Disseminating Market Information 



The Place of Roadside Stands in Marketing 

 Division of Ornithology 



Information Regarding the Birds of Massachusetts 



The Dissemination of Bird Information 

 Division of Pi;Ant Pest Control 



Nursery Inspection .... 



Controlling the White Pine Blister Rust 



Gypsy Moth Infestations Reduced 



Miscellaneous Plant Pests 



The Satin Moth Spreading Rapidly 



The Oriental Hag Moth of Minor Importance 



The Larch Canker Disease 



The Japanese Beetle Menace 



The European Corn Borer 



Apiary Inspection Work .... 

 Extending Information in Bee Culture . 



White Pine Blister Rust ... 



The Elimination of Currant and Gooseberry Bushes 

 Division of RECLAAfATioN. Soil Survey' and Fairs 



Agricultural Promotion Through Fairs and Exhibits 



Training Agricultural Leaders at Camp Gilbert . 



Agricultural Organizations Unite in One Meeting 



Work of the Department at the Eastern States Expositi 



Inspection of Fairs Supply Information 



Quality of Horses Improving . . . . 



The Spread of State Prize Money 



Reclamation Work ...... 



Drainage Districts under Old Law . 



Reclamation Districts under New Law 

 Regulatory Work of Agriculttjral Interests 



Apple Grading Law ..... 



Seed Law in Operation ..... 



Broadening the Adaptation of the Reclamation Law 



Educational Hearings Valuable 

 Soil Survey Nearlv Completed .... 



The Agricultural Outlook for 1929 



Advisory Board ....... 



Agencies Co-operating with the Department 



