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SIXTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. 



PAET II. 



PUBLIC WINTER MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF 



AGRICULTURE AT WORCESTER, JANUARY 



8, 9 AND 10, 1918. 



The annual Public Winter Meeting of the Board for lectures 

 and discussions was held at Worcester January 8, 9 and 10, 1918, 

 in the Hotel Bancroft and Horticultural Hall. At this time the 

 Massachusetts Dair\Tnen's Association and the Massachusetts 

 Milk Inspectors' Association held their annual meetings, and the 

 vegetable growers and beekeepers of the State convened in 

 special meetings. The co-operation of these organizations did 

 much in the way of increasing the interest in and attendance at 

 the meetings. 



There were exhibits of fruit, vegetables, honey, wax and 

 apiary appliances, and an ornithological exhibit, all of which 

 attracted much attention. Other features of the meeting in 

 which considerable interest was manifested were the corn, 

 butter, milk and cream shows. 



On the first day the meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock 

 in the morning by Secretary Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord. Mr. 

 Wheeler introduced Mayor Pehr G. Holmes, who welcomed the 

 Board to Worcester. The response of the Board to this greet- 

 ing was made b}' Mr. Nathan B. Flood of North Adams, who 

 then introduced Mr. Howard W. Selby, Director of the Market 

 Bureau, Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, who spoke on 

 "The Value of a Market News Service to Farmers and Fruit 

 Growers." 



