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The editions of the book and the several bulletins aggregated 

 32,500 copies, yet the supply of publications on hand was less 

 at the end of the year than at the beginning. Nearly 2,500 

 copies of the book on "Orcharding" were distributed in six 

 months. 



The plan for future publications involves the printing of other 

 numbers of the book series as rapidly as material can be pre- 

 pared and funds to meet the expense of printing are available. 

 Two or three of these books should be ready for publication 

 during the year 1922. It is proposed to print additional num- 

 bers of the bulletin series to give information on subjects about 

 which nothing is now available in print, and to print revisions 

 of those already published as the present editions become ex- 

 hausted. Certain of these bulletins, like the "Directory of 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Organizations," "Agricultural Leg- 

 islation," and the "List of Farms for Sale" will probably be 

 published at least once a year. Efforts are being made to 

 secure new and better maps, but the expense of publishing 

 some of these will probably be so great as to require an appro- 

 priation in addition to the amount regularly allowed for the 

 Division's work. 



The demand for publications on agricultural subjects is so 

 large that it is not being met by the agencies now publishing 

 such material in Massachusetts, nor can it be met by Federal 

 publications, because it is impossible to secure a sufficient 

 supply of these publications for distribution. 



The Farm Labor Bureau. 

 Employment Service. 

 The season of 1921 was quite different from the previous 

 year of 1920 when the farmers found it almost impossible to 

 obtain help. This year the labor market was flooded with 

 skilled and unskilled workers from the industrial field. Many 

 of these, having had previous farm experience, sought farm 

 openings. The farmers throughout the State were able to 

 find help readily, in most cases locally, and without the assist- 

 ance of employment agencies, also at a much reduced wage. 

 Wages for general farm help, which last year ranged from 



