12 a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Mailing Lists. 



The mailing lists which we maintain and the numbers in the 

 several lists are shown in the following table : — 



Residents of Massachusetts (general), 12,136 



Residents of other States (general), 918 



Residents of other States (general and technical), . . . 1,082 



Residents of foreign countries, 157 



Newspapers, 525 



Libraries, 383 



Exchanges, • 201 



Cranben-y growers, 1,728 



Beekeepers, 4,450 



Peed and fertilizer dealers aaid manufacturers, .... 645 



Greenhouse vegetable growers, 1,848 



Massachusetts florists, 1,100 



Miscellaneous special lists, 589 



United States Department of Agi'iculture, official list,^ . . 2,275 



Meteorological, 395 



Total, 28,432 



During the year there has been a total increase of rather over 

 1,800 addresses, — about Y per cent. At the same time, how- 

 ever, there has been a decrease in the number on our general 

 Massachusetts list. This is accounted for by the increase in 

 special lists. The policy of specialization enables us to effect 

 considerable economy in the circulation of our various publica- 

 tions, for reasons which must be apparent. 



Needs of the Station. 

 In my last annual report particular attention was called to 

 two needs which were discussed and urged at some length, — 

 additional land for use in experiment and provision for experi- 

 mental demonstrations in various parts of the State. Neither 

 of these needs has been met, and in addition to referring once 

 more to these which are even more urgent now, I must call at- 



1 Publications are not as a rule sent to all on this list, but only to presidents, directors 

 libraries and specialists likely to be interested. 



