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and how to market, the standardization of products and the> 

 advertisement of the agricultural resources and possibilities of 

 Massachusetts, and the question of farm credit and organization 

 rather than to mere questions of production. Most farmers have 

 no trouble in raising sufficient produce; the trouble is with the 

 disposal. With forty-eight agricultural colleges and the same 

 number of State departments turning out bulletins by the thou- 

 sand every year on production, as well as the agricultural press 

 and the large publishing houses, it would seem as though this 

 phase of the question was thoroughly taken care of, but we are 

 continually receiving questions such as these: "Where can I 

 buy good land for peach growing in Massachusetts?" "What 

 is land in Sherborn best fitted for?" "Is there much wet land 

 in Massachusetts?" "Where is it?" "What is it worth?" 

 As I have stated earlier in this report, we must do two things, 

 — find out these facts and then publish them. In this way we 

 can reach a thousand prospective purchasers of farm land to 

 one whom we reach in a telephone conversation or by letter. 



Bulletins of Massachusetts Agricultuee. 



A second edition of Bulletin No. 5 on "Vegetable Growing" 

 was reprinted during the year. Three of the articles in the first 

 edition were omitted, and the following new articles added, 

 namely, "Recent Advancement in Market Gardening," by R. L. 

 Watts; "The Value of Experimental Work for Truck Farmers," 

 by T. C. Johnson; "The Home Vegetable Garden," by Alden 

 French; "Potato Growing in Massachusetts," by S. C. Damon; 

 "Onion Growing in the Connecticut Valley," by Leslie R. Smith. 



A fifth edition of Bulletin No. 2, "Apple Growing," has also 

 just come from the press. This is, unquestionably, the Board's 

 most popular bulletin. In the new edition several articles which 

 appeared in the fourth edition were left out, and the following 

 new ones included: "Opportunities for Fruit Growing in Massa- 

 chusetts," by F. C. Sears; "The New Orchard," by F. C. Sears; 

 "The Massachusetts Apple Grading Law," by Wilfrid Wheeler 

 and H. Linwood White. It is planned during the coming year 

 to republish the bulletins on poultry culture and dairying, and, 

 if funds permit, to add a new bulletin to the series, on what sub- 

 ject has not yet been decided. 



