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articles included in these reports were : " Fruits for the 

 home garden : varieties and culture," by Prof. F. A. 

 Waugh ; "Summer management of the dairy herd," by 

 Prof. F. S. Cooley ; "Bee keeping: its pleasures and 

 profits," bv Dr. Jas. B. Paige (illustrated); "The man- 

 agement of poultry on small farms," by John H. Robin- 

 son ; " Some important scale insects," by Dr. Henry T. 

 Fernald (illustrated) ; and "The prevention of fungous dis- 

 eases peculiar to greenhouse plants," by Dr. Geo. E. Stone 

 (illustrated). There has been a marked increase in the 

 interest taken in this feature of the work of the Board during 

 the 3'car, so much so that it was necessary to increase the 

 number printed from 2,800 for May to 3,200 for the last 

 two months of the season. Calls for the crop reports for 

 July and August, containing the special articles on bee 

 keeping and poultry raising, were so numerous that the 

 supply of these bulletins was quickly exhausted, and many 

 of the calls are as yet unfilled, awaiting the publication of 

 reprints at a later date. The greater part of these requests 

 Avere from ^Massachusetts people, although many came from 

 other States, some as far west as California, and others from 

 Australia and Cuba. Where the requests from other States 

 were accompanied with the request that the name of the 

 party be placed on our permanent mailing list, we have been 

 obliged to refuse this favor, feeling that our appropriations 

 were intended primarily for the benefit of citizens of Massa- 

 chusetts, and that we could not properly carry hundreds of 

 citizens of other States on our permanent mailing list. 



Nature Leaflets. 



The following illustrated nature leaflets were issued during 

 the year : " Owl friends," " Bird houses" and " Our friend 

 the chickadee," by Edward Howe Forbush ; "Bordeaux 

 mixture" and " Edible weeds and pot herbs," by Dr. Geo. 

 E. Stone; and "Plant lice or aphides," by Dr. Henry T. 

 Fernald. These leaflets have been found very useful in 

 supplying information asked for. They have also been 

 found useful in school work, and several teachers have made 

 application for them. 



