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Various exhibitions of corn, fruit, dairy products, boys' and 

 girls' garden products, and the sediment cottons of the clean- 

 milk contest, served as an added attraction. 



jNIoving pictures of Massachusetts agriculture were shown 

 between the lectures, and these being more or less of a novelty 

 at such a meeting were much enjoyed. The future success of 

 such meetings depends largely upon the co-operation of all 

 organizations, and, wherever we may go, it is hoped that the 

 same spirit will prevail as in the past. 



For the first time attention has been called to the provisions 

 of chapter 452 of the Acts of 1910, which require that all State 

 boards and commissions shall deposit with the Secretary of the 

 Commonwealth, on or before the first Wednesday of January 

 in each year, such parts of their annual reports as contain 

 recommendations or suggestions for legislation, which are to be 

 accompanied by drafts of bills qr resolves embodying the 

 legislation recommended. 



It is apparent that the enforcement of this provision will 

 necessitate a meeting of the Board on a date prior to the first 

 Wednesday in January. It is therefore recommended that the 

 date of expiration of the terms of members be set on the first 

 Tuesday of December, thus allowing the annual meeting to be 

 held at that time. A corresponding change in the time of 

 holding the public winter meeting will be necessary, and it is 

 recommended that the by-laws of the Board be amended so as 

 to allow the date of this meeting to be set each year by the 

 Board, 



Co-operation with Other Organizations. 



During the past year the Board has enjoyed very pleasant 

 relations with various other organizations. The mutually 

 helpful co-operation between the Board and the agricultural 

 college has been maintained, and many of the professors have 

 been engaged to work with the Board at exhibitions, institutes, 

 and in various other ways. 



The grange has also co-operated in many ways, particularly 

 in the institute work, where our speakers acting jointly with 

 the grange have addressed large audiences. 



The Boston Chamber of Commerce, through its agricultural 

 committee, has many times co-operated with the Board, 



