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Publications. 



The Crop Report for June, copies of which may still be 

 obtained from this office, contains an article on " Irrigation 

 in Massachusetts. Cost — Methods — Results," by Henry 

 M. Howard of West Newton, Mass., and also a list of the 

 bushel weights of certain commodities. 



* The premium list of the first Massachusetts Fruit Show, 

 to be held November 7-10, inclusive, in Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture 

 and the Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association, is ready 

 for distribution, and copies of the same, with entry blank, 

 will be mailed to all applicants. There is a very attractive 

 list of premiums. 



The premium list of the ISTew England Corn Exposition 

 is also available, and copies of the same may be secured by 

 applying to the secretary of the exposition, Mr. G. E. Stick- 

 ney, Newburyport, Mass. The dates upon which the exposi- 

 tion will be held are November 20-24, inclusive. 



Ageiculttteal Fates, 1912. 

 Amesbury and Salisbury at Amesbury, September 24, 25 and 26. 

 Barnstable County at Barnstable, August 27, 28 and 29. 

 Blackstone Valley at Uxbridge, September 17 and 18. 

 Brockton at Brockton, October 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

 Deerfield Valley at Charleraont, September 12 and 13. 

 Eastern Hampden at Palmer, October 4 and 5. 

 Essex at Topsfield, September 17 and 18. 

 Franklin County at Greenfield, September 18 and 19. 

 Hampshire at Amherst, September 24 and 25. 

 Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden at Northampton, October 2 



and 3. 

 Highland at Middlefield, September 4 and 5. 

 Hillside at Cummington, September 24 and 25. 

 Hingham at Hingham, September 24 and 25. 

 Hoosac Valley at North Adams, August 30 and 31 and October 2. 

 Housatonic at Great Barring-ton, September 24, 25, 26 and 27. 

 Lenox Horticultural at Lenox, August 21 and 22 and October 23 



and 24. 

 Marshfield at Marshfield, August 21, 22 and 23. 

 Martha's Vineyard at West Tisbury, August 26, 27 and 28. 



