REPORT OF DELEGATE TO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 223 



Interest in bird life is increasing year by year, and the character 

 of the work done by the State Ornithologist is being more and more 

 appreciated. The Ornithologist has continued his observations of 

 birds as protectors of crops and of their distribution and habits, 

 and has written several bulletins and circulars. 



The Board held its Summer Field Meeting at Great Barrington 

 in June and its annual meeting at Boston in December. Six new 

 members were seated, and two members automatically dropped 

 because their respective societies held no fair. The Massachu- 

 setts Federation of County Leagues and Farm Bureaus was repre- 

 sented by a delegate for the first time. At the close of the year 

 there are 41 members of the Board of whom 32 represent as many 

 agricultural and horticultural societies. 



