INTRODUCTION. 



In accordance with the provisions of the amended act rela- 

 tive to the pnblication of the reports of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, passed by the Legislature of 1909, the report 

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

 is presented in two parts. Part I. will contain the formal re- 

 ports of the director, treasurer and heads of the departments, 

 and papers of a technical character giving the results of investi- 

 gations carried on in the station. This will be sent to agricul- 

 tural colleges and experiment stations and to workers in these 

 institutions, as well as to libraries. Part I. will be published 

 also in connection with the report of the Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, and will reach the general public through 

 that channel. Part II. will contain papers of a popular char- 

 acter, and will be sent to persons on our general mailing list. 



WM. P. BPvOOKS, 



Director. 



