^i)t CommontDealtt) of fllasisiactus^ettg 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRirULTURE 



To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives: 



In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, I 

 am herewith making my annual repoit for the year ending November 30, 1935, 

 for the Department of Agriculture. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edgar L. Gillett, Commissioner 



PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT 



Commissioner of Agriculture — Edgar L. Gillett, Canton 

 Executive Secretary to the Commissioner — E. L. King, Newton Centre 

 Advisory Board Appointed by the Governor and Council 

 John Bursley, Barnstable (West), Term expires November 30, 1935 

 Stuart L. Little, Newbury, Term expires November 30, 1935 

 William Casey, Spencer, Term expires November 30, 1936 

 George E. Taylor, Shelburne, Term expires November 30, 1936 

 James O'Brien, Lee, Term expires November 30, 1937 

 John T. Goggin, Seekonk, Term expires November 30, 1937 



Divisions and Organizations 

 Livestock Disease Control — Director, Charles F. Riordan, Sharon 

 Dairying and Animal Husbandry — Acting Director, Daniel J. Curran, 



Marlborough 

 Markets — Director, Furmer H. Greeley, Salisbury 

 Plant Pest Control — Director, R. Harold Allen, Taunton; Assistant 



Director, QuiNCY S. LowRY, Canton 

 Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs — Director, L. B. Boston, Hopkinton; 



Assistant Director, A. W. Lombard, Arlington 

 Acting Agriculturist — Lester T. Tompkins, Essex 



State Reclamation Board 



Chairman, Edward Wright, Dedham 



Gen. Richard K. Hale, Brookline L. B. Boston, Hopkinton 



Secretary, George R. Stratton, Hopkinton 



REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER 



Under the provisions of Chapter 340, Acts of 1934, an act abolishing the 

 Division of Animal Industry in the Department of Conservation, and estab- 

 lishing and defining the powers and duties of the Division of Livestock Disease 

 Control in the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture took 

 over duties, new responsibilities, and the supervision of additional personnel 

 with the coming of the new Division of Livestock Disease Control. Many au- 

 thorities throughout the commonwealth had long advocated this change, inas- 

 much as there was a very definite relationship between the work of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and the work of the Division of Animal Industry, changed 

 by recent legislation to the Division of of Livestock Disease Control. It would 

 now appear that with the close cooperation that will exist between the Divi- 

 sion of Livestock Disease Control and the other Divisions of the Department of 

 Agriculture a gi'eater and more comprehensive service shall be rendered to 

 the farmei's of the state, especially the dairy farmers and livestock breeders. 



Farms for Sale Bulletin 

 Under the direction of Mr. E. L. King, Executive Secretaiy to the Commis- 

 sioner, considerable time and attention has been given to the publishing of our 

 bulletin on "Farms for Sale". The department has attempted to make this 

 service available to a greater number of farmers by various forms of adver- 

 tising and radio broadcasts. A more appreciable knowledge of the work being 

 done in this line has reached a greater number of farmers. 



