REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE STATE BOARD 

 OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR 1907.> 



The work of the State Board of Agriculture the past year may 

 be briefly outlined as follows: 



Meetings. 



The annual meeting for transaction of routine business, election 

 of officers and committees, etc., was held on January 8 and 9. 

 Special business meetings were also held at Great Barrington, June 

 25, and at Worcester, August 13. Meetings of the Executive 

 Committee acting for the Board were held at Boston, March 28, 

 April 30, and July 19. Meetings of other committees of the Board 

 were also held during the year. Summer field or demonstration 

 meetings were held at Great Barrington, June 25, and at Worcester, 

 August 13. These latter meetings were markedly successful in 

 points of attendance, quality of demonstration work, and interest 

 manifested. The annual public winter meeting for lectures and 

 discussions was held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, December 3, 

 4, and 5 and was an unusually successful meeting. The lectures and 

 discussions were of a high order and the meeting was one of the 

 most satisfactory held in later years. 



Annual Report. 



The annual report of the Board was issued in August, somewhat 

 later than usual, and contained 753 pages of printed matter relat- 

 ing to agriculture and kindred subjects. 



Book on Birds. 

 A book or special report on the birds of the Commonwealth, 



'I am indebted to Mr. Frederick H. Fowler, Clerk of the Board, for this tran- 

 script of its work for the year. 



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