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tains brief descriptions of the more common and useful species 

 of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a 

 chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Price, 

 $1. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of $1.38; sent, express charges 

 collect, on receipt of $1. Make checks and money orders pay- 

 able to Wilfrid Wheeler, Secretary State Board of Agriculture. 



" A History of the Game Birds, Wild Fowl and Shore Birds of 

 Massachusetts and Adjacent States," by Mr. Edward Howe 

 Forbush, State Ornithologist, November, 1912. 

 A book of 638 pages, bound in green cloth, and illustrated by a 

 colored frontispiece, 36 plates, 82 cuts, and 26 figures in the 

 text. Consists of : Part I — A history of the birds now hunted 

 for food or sport in Massachusetts and adjacent States; Part 

 II — A history of the game birds and other birds hunted for 

 food or sport which have been driven out of Massachusetts and 

 adjacent States, or extenninated since the settlement of the 

 country ; Part III — The conservation of game birds, wild 

 fowl and shore birds. Price, $1. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of 

 $1.40; sent, express charges collect, on receipt of $1. Make 

 cheeks and money orders payable to Wilfrid Wheeler, Secre- 

 tary State Board of Agriculture. 



Massachusetts Crop Report. 



Published on or about the 8th of each month — June to 

 November — for the months of May to October, inclusive. 



Sent regularly, free of charge, to all persons on the mailing 

 list (the only general mailing list maintained). Order back 

 numbers by month and year. These, with titles of special 

 articles, follow : — 



October, 1911. "Mushroom Growing," by Prof. B. M. Duggar. 



Adapted. 

 June, 1912. " Irrigation in Massachusetts," by Mr. Henry M. 



Howard. 

 July, 1912. *' Silos and Silage," by Mr. H. 0. Daniels. 

 August, 1912. " Ducks and Geese," by Mr. John H. Robinson. 

 October, 1912. " Some Suggestions on Barn Building," by Prof. 



J. A. Foord. 

 June, 1913. "Peach Growing," by Mr. L. W. Rice. In press, 



July 1, 1913. 



