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same. The full amount was paid out for the first time since 

 the appropriation has been available, and we w^ere obliged to 

 prorate the amounts paid according to the amounts expended 

 by the various associations for the purposes recognized by the 

 rules of the Board. The organizations receiving bount}' and the 

 amounts paid follow: — 



Dalton Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, . . . $85 84 



Essex County Poultry Association, 103 40 



Holyoke Poultry and Pet Stock Association, . . . . 189 67 



Milford Poultry Association, 134 01 



Northern Berkshire Poultry Association, 133 12 



Springfield Poultry Club, 204 59 



Worcester Poultry Association, . ' 149 37 



Bulletins of Massachusetts Agriculture. 

 The demand for these publications continued unabated dur- 

 ing the year, and in fact increased to a considerable degree. A 

 new bulletin. Bulletin No. 5, on vegetable growing, was issued 

 in November, in an edition of 4,000 copies. It treats of prac- 

 tically all the garden crops of any importance, also of market 

 gardening as a business, the home garden and mushroom grow- 

 ing. It is illustrated by a number of cuts, showing choice kinds 

 of vegetables, implements and methods of storage. The supply 

 of Bulletin No. 2, on orcharding, is exhausted. It will be 

 revised and reprinted as soon as possible, several of the older 

 papers being dropped out and new material, obtained at the 

 winter meeting at Barre, substituted. It will be republished 

 under the title "Apple Growing," as being more truly descrip- 

 tive than that of "Orcharding." Bulletin No. 1, on poultry 

 culture, is running very low in supply, and the edition of No. 4, 

 on small fruits and berries, will be exhausted before the close of 

 the year. Bulletins should be issued on dairying, animal hus- 

 bandry and bee keeping. These bulletins form the most valu- 

 able of the many kinds of literature which we distribute, and 

 the editions should be maintained, strengthened, and new bulle- 

 tins printed. This forms the most pressing cause and best 

 argument for an increased appropriation for "dissemination." 



