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terial on a particular subject in response to a demand, and to 

 provide material on subjects which appear to be particularly- 

 important. The present plan of publications involves the 

 preparation of two series, one of books and one of pamphlets 

 designated as bulletins. Notices and small leaflets of a tem- 

 porary character are not included in the bulletin series. As 

 projected, the book series will include seven or eight volumes, 

 some of wdiich will be revisions of a series formerly issued by 

 the State Board of Agriculture. During the past year the 

 second book of this series, entitled "Orcharding," was com- 

 pleted and published. A large part of the manuscript on No. 

 1, entitled "Farming Conditions and Opportunities in Massa- 

 chusetts," was completed and some illustrations were collected, 

 so that it is probable that this book can be sent to the printers 

 in the spring of 1922. Plans were also made for writing No. 3, 

 on "Poultry," and No. 5, on "Vegetable Growing," but, owing 

 to the difficulty of making arrangements with authorities to 

 prepare the several chapters, none of the text of these books 

 had been completed at the end of the year. 



The bulletin series cannot be completely planned in advance, 

 because new subjects are constantly being brought to our 

 attention, while other subjects cease to be important and can 

 then be dropped from the list. It is intended that this series 

 shall include publications on birds, poultry, fruit growing, 

 vegetable growing, agricultural statistics, legislation, and such 

 other topics as require attention from time to time. Some of 

 the circulars and Department circulars formerly issued by the 

 Department and the Board of Agriculture are being revised 

 and included in the list of bulletins, as the old editions are 

 exhausted. 



During the year 1921 the Division published one volume of 

 the book series, twenty-three bulletins, and ten miscellaneous 

 documents, including three milk leaflets, three maps of Massa- 

 chusetts and a trespass poster on cloth. All these were care- 

 fully edited. A complete list of these publications follows: — 



