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it is our purpose to send these to the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, or to some other institution where they may- 

 be of service. The library should be rearranged and card, 

 catalogued, so that additions may be easily entered up. Also, 

 the correspondence and other office work seems likely to grow 

 beyoud possible management by the present clerical force. 



An interesting comparison is offered by the amounts ex- 

 pended for postage and for printing during the years 1905 

 and 1910. The former gauges the amount of correspondence 

 and the amount of bulletins, leaflets, etc., sent out by mail. 

 In 1005 the Board expended for this purpose the sum of 

 $329, and in 1910 that of $G17.43. The amount expended 

 for printed matter gauges the demand for our publications 

 and our effort to meet it. In 1905 the Board expended for 

 this purpose the sum of $1,023.42, and in 1910 that of 

 $1,005.94. In addition, we were obliged to carry over bills 

 for this purpose amounting to between $400 and $500, which 

 could not be paid out of the appropriations for 1910. We 

 have been obliged, during the past year, to employ consid- 

 erable help from time to time for addressing, mailing, sten- 

 ographic work, typewriting and multigraph work. This 

 has been paid for from the appropriations for other clerical 

 assistance and lectures before the Board, for the expenses of 

 the State Ornithologist and that of the Dairy Bureau. 

 These matters could all be handled in this office if we had a 

 stenographer permanently in employment, and the office work 

 so lightened that the matters above referred to could be taken 

 up and disposed of. 



For these reasons I would recommend that the Board pre- 

 sent to the Legislature a bill calling for an increase of the 

 appropriation for extra clerical assistance and lectures be- 

 fore the Board from $800 to $1000 per annum, so that a 

 stenographer can be regularly employed. 



Wild Deer. 



The nuisance caused by the presence of wild deer in the 



State, and the great menace they form to young orchards, 



market gardens, nurseries and farm crops, has been pointed 



out too often to need repetition at this time. The agitation 



