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Six monthly Crop Reports were issued as usual — May to Novem- 

 ber. The special articles printed in these reports were on potato 

 growing, sheep, drainage, chickens, orchards, and strawberry 

 growing. 



Reprints of the following publications by Mr. Forbush were 

 issued during the year: "Decrease of Certain Birds, and its Causes, 

 with Suggestions for Bird Protection"; "Birds as Protectors of 

 Orchards"; and "Two Years with the Birds on a Farm." 



The following new Nature Leaflets were issued: "Window 

 Gardening"; "Hotbeds"; "How to Test Seeds"; "Howto Plant"; 

 "Milk: its Character and Value as a Food"; " Care of Milk in the 

 Home"; and "The European Elm-Leaf Beetle." Reprints of 

 several of the earlier issues were also published during the year. 



A new departure in the publication line was the compilation 

 of several papers on poultry, previously published by the office, 

 into a pamphlet on "Poultry Culture" and issued as Bulletin No. 

 1. of ^Massachusetts Agriculture. It is proposed to follow this 

 issue with similar pamphlets on other subjects. 



The Dairy Bureau also compiled and issued a "Manual of Dairy 

 Laws of Massachusetts," being the laws relating to dairy products 

 and their imitations, with a digest of Supreme Court decisions 

 thereon. 



Wilfrid Wheeler, 



Delegate. 

 December 31, 1908. 



