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and others approved by the Board; however, very little was 

 accomplished along these lines. Bills for the greater protection 

 of our native birds were approved by the Board through the State 

 Ornithologist. 



Exhibitions. 



The Board took a very active part in the Land and Irrigation 

 Show in New York; also in the New England Fruit Show. In 

 New York the Board placed on exhibition about 100 boxes of 

 apples and the same number of garden vegetables, besides corn and 

 other farm crops. This Massachusetts exhibit formed one of the 

 most pleasing features of the entire show, and received much 

 favorable comment, not only from the people who visited the show 

 but also from the Press. Charts were displayed by giving the best 

 locations for growing farm and other crops in Massachusetts, also 

 location of available land for sale. These same charts were also 

 very widely used at the fairs in our own state, and in every case 

 an attendant was on hand to answer inquiries concerning them 

 and to explain their use. 



At the New England Fruit Show the Board offered about $500.00 

 in prizes, paid a part of the expenses of an expert apple packer 

 from Oregon, and did much to encourage growers to exhibit their 

 fruit. 



Meetings, Demonstrations, etc. 



The usual meetings of the Board have been held the past year — 

 the annual meeting in January, the summer meeting in July at 

 Concord, where a good program attracted many farmers. Dr. 

 H. J. Wheeler of Rhode Island spoke on Alfalfa and a visit was 

 made to the Asparagus Experiment Station. The winter meeting 

 at Barre was one of the most successful ever held by the Board, 

 and was very largely attended. Of special interest at this meeting 

 were papers on The Influence of Soil Variation on Crop Production 

 by Henry J. Wilder, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; and Sanitary Milk 

 Production by Dr. C. E. North, New York, N. Y. 



A number of demonstrations and special lectures were made by 



