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Publications, 



The publications of the Board for the year have been as follow: 



Six Crop Reports each with subjects of importance to Massa- 

 chusetts Farmers, averaging 8000 copies. 



Agricultural bulletins, f^l, #2, ^3. 



Six Nature Leaflets reprinted. 



Eleven new publications were brought out, chief among which 

 was the special report of the State Ornithologist on Game Birds, 

 Wild Fowl, and Shore Birds. This book contains 638 pages and 

 an edition of 5000 copies w^as printed. This book is undoubtedly 

 the best of its kind ever published, and the demand has been so 

 great that we shall soon need a new edition. 



Agriculture of Massachusetts, 1911, was also printed; 15,000 

 copies, 715 pages, and contains the report of the Secretary and 

 other Massachusetts agricultural data. 



Office Work. 



About $72,000 was used by the Board in its expenses for the 

 year. The office work of the Board has increased very much the 

 past year, and we are now receiving over 80 letters a day from per- 

 sons all over the country some of whom seek information in regard 

 to Massachusetts agricultural conditions. About 50 visitors a 

 day call at the Board rooms. 



Meetings. 



The usual meetings have been held as follow: 



The annual meeting in January at which the business of the year 

 was discussed. Summer field meeting at Lowell in June where 

 several special features were introduced as a demonstration in the 

 use of dynamite for agricultural purposes, also an exhibition of 

 farm tools and machinery, including a traction plow. 



The winter meeting in South Framingham called out a fair at- 

 tendance. This meeting was one of the most interesting which the 

 board has ever held and the list of speakers exceptionally good. 



