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not come within the annual report classification, there will be no 

 Part II of "Agriculture of Massachusetts." These lectures 

 and discussions, however, will be printed in separate form, as 

 in the past. 



Bulletins of Massachusetts Agriculture. 



The only bulletin printed this year was No. 5, "Vegetable 

 Growing," which is in its third edition. The articles in the 

 earlier edition were brought up to date and the following new 

 articles added: "Common Potato Diseases and their Control," 

 by A. Vincent Osmun, and "Common Storage of Fruits and 

 Vegetables," by Edward Howe Forbush. 



Bulletin No. 3, "Grasses and Forage Crops," and Bulletin 

 No. 4, "Small Fruits and Berries," are both out of print. The 

 demand for these publications continues to be large, and new 

 editions should be printed this year. 



Legislative Appropriations. 



Object for •which appropriated. 



Appropriation. 



Used. 



Administration: — 

 Commissioner's salary, 



First clerk, 



Clerks 



Commissioner's travel. 

 Incidentals and printing reports. 

 Members' travel, . . . . 

 Associate members' travel. 



Inspection and encouragement: — 

 Nursery inspection, . . . , 



Apiary inspection 



State Ornithologist, ... 

 Disseminating information. 

 Farm machinery, . . . , 

 Dairy Bureau: — 



Agent's salary, ... 



Expenses 



Encouragement of dairying, 

 Encouragement of orcharding, . 



S3, 000 00 

 1,800 00 

 5,800 00 

 500 00 

 8,000 00 

 1,200 00 

 1,000 00 



14,000 00 



2,000 00 



3,500 00 



9,000 00 



108,000 00 



1,800 00 



7,200 00 



6,946 69 



500 00 



83,000 00 

 1,800 00 

 5,707 20 



457 04 

 7,972 85 

 1,441 191 



650 93 



13,989 00 



1,828 29 



3,499 60 



8,976 67 



108,000 00 



1,800 00 



7,199 58 



2,322 68 



499 01 



Difference advanced from deficiency appropriation. 



