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Attleborough Poultry Association, .... 

 Dalton Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, . 

 Eastern Massachusetts Poultry and Pigeon Association, 

 Holyoke Poultry and Pet Stock Association, 



Lenox Poultry Association, 



Mansfield Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, 



Milford Poultry Association, 



New England Poultry Association, .... 

 Northern Berkshire Poultry Association, . 

 Springfield Poultry Club, 



Total, $1,724 53 



. Booklet on Massachusetts Agriculture. 



This office is receiving an average of six applications daily 

 for information regarding agricultural land and opportu- 

 nities in Massachusetts, and we sadly^ need a booklet of some 

 sort to send to such inquirers. This pamphlet should be a 

 good writeup of Massachusetts from an agricultural stand- 

 point. It should be well illustrated and have a number of 

 maps as a supplement and a list of farms for sale, without 

 any lengthy description. I make this latter suggestion after 

 giving the subject due thought, for I have hesitated a long 

 time before advocating anything that would seem at all like 

 a real estate scheme. Many of the people who write or come 

 to this office in search of a farm ask if we have any prices 

 on farm lands, saying that they will not go to see such places 

 unless the prices are fixed before they go, giving as an expla- 

 nation that when they go to places that are not priced the 

 OAvners always ask an unreasonable price, especially if the 

 purchaser is a city person. 



We are asking this season for $2,500 to publish a booklet 

 on Massachusetts and her agricultural resources, and it is 

 to be hoped that we shall get it, for the advertising which 

 we got from our farm catalogue was certainly many times 

 worth the price. 



