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Arbor and Bird Day bulletin for the public schools, and has pre- 

 pared some material for publication on means of attracting birds, 

 a part of which was published late in the year; also he has pub- 

 lished a provisional list of birds of the Commonwealth for the use 

 of his correspondents, and has tabulated a list of the collections 

 of birds in the State which are open to the public or may be 

 used by students. 



Dairy Bureau. 



The Dairy Bureau has prosecuted 86 violations of the dairy 

 laws during the year, and has secured convictions in 85 of 

 these cases. The gelieral agent has prepared a new edition of 

 the illustrated folder entitled "Food Value of Milk," and 

 300,000 copies have been printed. 



He has also rewritten eight leaflets, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and 

 J, and written ten new leaflets, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, 

 92,500 copies of which have been printed. Two large leaflets, AA 

 and BB, illustrating the importance of milk in food menus, 

 have been prepared, and 120,000 copies have been printed; 

 also a combination of these leaflets in one, entitled AA-BB, 

 20,000 copies of which have been printed each in the Italian, 

 Polish and Yiddish languages. 



The general agent has delivered sixteen lectures relating to 

 the food value of milk, and E. V. McCollum, M.D., of the 

 Johns Hopkins University has delivered two lectures covering 

 his original research on the same subject, one at Worcester and 

 the other at the State House, Boston. 



A clean milking contest and a grade heifer contest have been 

 successfully held. In the clean milking contest, which was 

 this year conducted with a view to encouraging women and 

 minors to assist in the work of milking on dairy farms, as well 

 as to improving the methods, 185 entrants competed, and 97 

 prizes were awarded. 



In the grade heifer contest, which was held for the purpose 

 of encouraging the rearing of superior grade heifers of the 

 several milking strains, 30 owners made entries of 123 animals, 

 and 36 prizes were awarded. 



The Dairy Bureau made an inspection trip to Maine to visit 

 the milk-receiving stations of the Turner Centre Dairying 



