10 a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The total number of copies of general reports and bulletins 

 issued during the last fiscal year was 61,700. In addition, 5,400 

 meteorological bulletins were printed, 3000 copies of the guide 

 to plots, and 28,300 copies of circulars, making a grand total of 

 98,400 copies of publications issued during the year. 



Mailing Lists. 

 A complete revision of our general and of several of our 

 special Massachusetts mailing lists has been completed during 

 the year. The last previous revision was completed in 1914. 

 The changes in every revision which have been made necessary 

 by deaths, removals and other causes are surprisingly numerous. 

 The result of our last revision is a net loss of 1,398 names as 

 compared with the number one year ago. This, however, will 

 be much more than offset by the addition soon to be made of 

 thfe names of several thousand poultry keepers which have been 

 listed by the poultry department. Details will be found in the 

 following table: — 



Residents of Massachusetts (general), 11,411 



Residents of other States (general), 1,296 



Residents of other States (general and technical), .... 1,093 



Exchange, 229 



Massachusetts libraries, 190 



Out-of-State Kbraries, 237 



Massachusetts agricultural schools and instructors, . . . 101 



Massachusetts farm bureaus and county agents, .... 16 



Massachusetts Agricultural College and Experiment Station staffs. 109 



Beekeepers, 3,857 



Newspapers, . . . ' . . . 427 



Cranberry growers, 1,340 



Meteorological, 391 



Feed manufacturers and dealers, 246 



Fertilizer manufacturers and dealers, 81 



Greenhouse vegetable growers, 1,850 



Onion growers, 107 



Massachusetts florists, 1,100 



Miscellaneous special lists, 187 



United States Department of Agriculture, official list, . . . 3,633 ^ 



Total, 27,90P 



' Publications are not, as a rule, sent to all on this list, but only to directors, libraries and special- 

 ists likely to be interested. 



2 Of this total, under different lists are included 280 foreign addresses. 



