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communities of the State, the quantities shipped out, and the 

 methods of marketing local farm produce. The study was 

 begun in Holyoke some time ago, and this year has been con- 

 tinued in Fitchburg. It is expected that the study will be 

 taken u]) in at least two other communities during the coming 

 year. 



Project 2. "Methoils and cost of distribution of tobacco, 

 onions and potatoes." 



Professor Caxce and Assistant Professor Jefferson. 



Work under this project has been continued and records 

 taken on the production and distribution of Connecticut 

 valley onions during the years which have elapsed since the 

 publication of Bulletin No. 169, "The Supply and Distribution 

 of Connecticut Valley Onions." No work has been done during 

 the past year on either tobacco or potatoes. 



Meteorological Studies. 



Department of Meteorology. 



The recording day by day of meteorological phenomena, and 

 the publishing of monthly summaries for distribution to parties 

 interested has been continued. The year just closed was the 

 thirty-third over which this work has continued. When com- 

 bined with the records taken by the late Professor Snell, the 

 station has an unbroken meteorological record of eighty-six 

 years. Work of this kind becomes more and more valuable 

 as such records accumulate. 



DcjHirtment of Entomology. 



Project 11. "Study of area of the late frosts as shown by 

 insect distribution." 



Professor Fernald. 



This is a continuing project, which aims to establish the 

 correlation of certain late frost areas in the State with the 

 presence or absence of certain insects. Little work was done 

 this past year on account of lack of opportunity. 



