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members of the Legislature and various agricultural organiza- 

 tions, they were given the right to order up to 25 copies each of 

 the various separates from the report, which were issued as 

 circulars. By this method of distribution people interested in 

 some specific subject do not have to take the entire report in 

 order to get the article which they wish. That this method has 

 been popular with the general public is shown by the fact that 

 a total of 47,652 copies of the various circulars from the last 

 annual report were applied for by members of the Legislature 

 and organizations. This does not include any of the individual 

 applications for publications by letter and personal call. These 

 have averaged about 20 a day. It must be remembered that 

 the Board does not have the franking privilege and so keeps 

 no general mailing list; our publications, therefore, go out only 

 to those who show enough interest to actually apply for them. 



Bulletins of Massachusetts Agriculture. 



Three bulletins were published during the year. The fourth 

 edition of No. 2, "Apple Growing," appeared in February, 1914. 

 The extensive interest in this subject among our citizens is 

 shown by the fact that out of an edition of 5,000 copies less 

 than 200 remain at the present writing. 



Bulletin No, 6, the new publication on "Dairying," which I 

 mentioned in my last report as being in press, appeared in 

 March, and this has met with a steady demand. It covers the 

 various branches of the dairy business in Massachusetts in a 

 comprehensive way. The fourth edition of No. 1, "Poultry 

 Culture," was published during the summer. Prof. J. C. 

 Graham's article, on "Poultry Feeds and JNIethods of Feeding," 

 and Prof. James E. Rice's article, on "Some Practical Points 

 in the Management of Poultry for Egg Production," were 

 added to this bulletin, thus bringing it more nearly up to date. 

 Out of an edition of 3,500 copies about 3,000 have been applied 

 for. At present a new edition of Bulletin No, 4, "Small Fruits 

 and Berries," is in press, and will appear in a few weeks. 

 Bulletin No. 3, on "Grasses and Forage Crops," is ready to go 

 to press; and would have been published last year but for lack 

 of funds. \Yith the funds now at our disposal for this work, 

 not more than three or four of these bulletins can be published 



