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onstration of the ideal dairy cow and of the profitable hog will 

 be given by Prof. C. S. Plumb, Professor of Animal Hus- 

 bandry, Ohio State University, Columbus, 0. For field 

 trials and demonstration of farm tools used in the preparation 

 and cultivation of the soil, Mr. H. M. Howard of West 'New- 

 ton, Mass., has been secured. Similar trials of haying tools 

 and machinery will be made under the direction of Mr. Evan 

 F. Richardson of Millis, Mass. 



The Hood Farm is well known for its herd of about three 

 hundred Jersey cattle and large drove of Berkshire hogs. It 

 is located three miles from the center of Lowell, just beyond 

 the end of the car line. A complete program of the meeting 

 may be had on application to the secretary of the State Board 

 of Agriculture, State House, Boston, Mass. 



CONFEEENCE FOK RuEAL SoCIAL WORKEES. 



The third annual conference for rural social workers, con- 

 ducted by the Massachusetts Agricultural College, will be held 

 at Amherst, Mass., June 28 to July 3, 1912. A feature of 

 this conference will be a rural social service exhibit, at the 

 drill hall of the college, showing in a graphic way what the 

 various organizations are doing for the development of the 

 rural community. Full particulars may be had by address- 

 ing Prof. Wm. D. Hurd, director of extension service, Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



SUMMAEY OF CrOP CoNDITIOXS. 



In the circular to correspondents, returnable May 24, the 

 following questions were asked : — 



1. How does the present season compare, agi'iculturally 

 speaking, with a normal season ? 



2. What is the promise for pastures and mowings, and did 

 fall seeding winter well ? 



3. How did the bloom of apples, pears, peaches, plums and 

 small fruits compare with the bloom of former years, and has 

 it suffered from frosts ? 



4. What insects appear to be doing the most damage in 

 your locality? 



