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Charles P. Holland, Brockton, Massachusetts, "Short-time Credit for 



Farmers." 

 John Burke, Treasurer of the United States, "War Loans." 

 Richard Pattee, Laconia, New Hampshire, "What organization has done 



for the Milk Business." 

 George M. Twitchell, Auburn, Maine, "The Significance of an Ear of 



Corn." 

 Arthur W. Gilbert, Boston, Massachusetts, "Cost of Milk Production in 



New England." 

 E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio, "Importance of Honey Production." 

 H. A. Harding, Urbana, Illinois, "How may the Inspector know when a 



Milk is Good?" 

 George A. Cullen, New York City, "The Relation of the Railroad to the 



Farmer." 

 Dr. Alexander Cairns of the United States Food Administration, "Feeding 



the Multitude." 

 Dean Sarah Louise Arnold of Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, 



"The American Home as related to Food Conservation." 



The Summer Field Meeting was held at Danvers at the 

 Essex County Agricultural School on August 29. The speakers 

 were : — 



Sidney B. Haskell, Baltimore, Maryland, "Green Manure Crops." 

 Harold F. Tompson, Arlington, Massachusetts, "Home-grown Vegetable 



Seeds." 

 H. 0. Daniels, Middletown, Connecticut, "Home-grown Feeds for the 



Dairy Farmer." 



The new Department holds regular departmental meetings 

 on the third Thursday of each month. 



Work of the Office. 

 The office work of the Department has been increased by 

 the addition of the farm machinery project, the corn borer 

 work, which has been carried on by the Nursery Inspector, and 

 now the transfer of the apiary work to this oflfice. Besides this, 

 the meetings of the Soldiers' Land Commission and the Drain- 

 age Board are held here. All new work means increased corre- 

 spondence, new employees and more office furniture, which 

 further adds to the crowded condition of the Department's 

 quarters. For a part of the past year, too, a representative of 



