INTRODUCTION. 



In accordance with the provisions of the act relative to the 

 publication of the rej^orts of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, passed by the Legislature of 1908, the report of the 

 experiment station, which is a department of the college, is 

 presented this year in two parts. Part I. will contain papers 

 of a popular character and will be given wide circulation. Part 

 II. will contain the formal reports of the director, treasurer and 

 the heads of departments, and papers of a technical character, 

 giving the results of investigations carried on in the station. 

 This will be sent to agricultural colleges and experiment sta- 

 tions, and to workers in these institutions, as well as to libraries. 

 Part II. will be ]-)u1i]ished also in connection with the report 

 of the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, and will 

 reach the general public through that channel. 



WM. P. BEOOKS, 



Director. 



