CONTENTS 



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Introduction, 7 



Massachusetts Crop Situation in 1919, 9 



Fertilizer Situation, 12 



Seed Situation, 14 



Poultry Situation, 16 



Milk Situation, 17 



Nursery Inspection, 19 



Apiary Inspection, • • • .21 



Dairy Division, 21 



Demonstration Sheep Farms, 22 



State Ornithologist, 23 



Apple Grading Law, 24 



Farm Machinery, 24 



Marketing Work, 25 



Soil Surveys, 27 



Farmers' Institutes, 27 



The Drainage Board, 28 



Agricultural Fairs and Societies, 29 



Boys' and Girls' Club Work, 32 



Exhibitions and Contests, 33 



Eastern States Exposition and Dedication of Massachusetts Building, 34 



Meetings of the Department, 35 



Commissioner's Travel, 37 



Work of the Office, 38 



Work of the Library, . . . 38 



Trespass Signs, 39 



Publications, 40 



Bulletins, ^ 41 



Legislation for 1919, ' 42 



05 Legislative Appropriations, 43 



Reorganization of the Department of Agriculture, .... 43 



Labor and Agriculture, 44 



Land Settlement, 45 



d Publicity and Information, 47 



2& Our State Farms, 47 



Looking Ahead, _.• • ■ 48 



Index, 50 



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