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without neglecting the other. The thanks of the Board of Agriculture are 

 due to the Beekeepers' Association for the great interest taken in this branch 

 of farm industry, as well as for the splendid exhibits made by its members. 



PANTRY STORES. 



In this section of the department we were simply overwhelmed. During 

 the summer your superintendent had two large cases made for cakes, think- 

 ing that would be sufficient to accommodate this ever increasing and interest- 

 ing exhibit; but on the contrary, if we had double the space, it would all be 

 tilled to overflowing with the most delicious cake of every variety named in 

 our extensive prize list. 



Your superintendent would recommend that the cases for 

 jams, canned fruits, etc., be remodeled before another fair, 

 all adapted for the purposes for which they are used. The 

 culture fell heir to those cases from the exhibit in the Illinois building at the 

 World's Fair, where they were used in the school exhibit. The material in 

 them is sufficient to make cases nearly double their present capacity, for the 

 exhibition of such articles as are now shown in them. This change could be 

 made ac a small expense, by any competent cabinetmaker. Your superin- 

 tendent has requested the secretary to have prepared designs for these 

 changes in anticipation of an order for the work. 



A table giving the entries, offering and awards in this department is here- 

 with appended: 



showing jellies, 

 They are not at 

 Board of Agri- 



* Includes only dairy exhibits previous to 1896. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. J. Cater, 



Superintendent Class N. 



