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PERIODICALS. 



American Horse Breeder, Boston, Mass. 

 Ameriean Sheep and Wool Growers' Jour- 

 nal, Chicago, 111. 

 American Sportsman. Cleveland, O. 

 American Stock Farm, Lexington. Ky. 

 Breeders' Gazette. Chicago. 111. 

 Cincinnati Price Current. Cincinnati. O. 

 Colman's Rural World, St. Louis. Mo. 

 Country Gentleman, Albany, X. Y. 

 Drovers' Journal, Chicago, 111. 

 Farmers' Call, Quincy, 111. 

 Farmers' Review, Chicago, 111. 

 Farmers' Voice, Chicago, 111. 

 Farm, Field and Fireside, Chicago, 111. 

 Farm Implement News, Chicago, 111. 

 Farming World, Toronto, Ont. 

 Hoard's Dairyman. Ft. Atkinson. Wis. 

 Horseman, Chicago, Hi. 



Horse Review. Chicago. III. 

 Horse World. Buffalo. N. Y. 

 Implement Age, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Indiana Farmer, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Irrigation Age, Chicago, 111. 

 Journal of Agriculture, St. Lo\iis, Mo. 

 Kentucky Stock Farm. Lexington, Ky. 

 Live Stock Indicator. Kansas City, Mo. 

 Live Stock Journal, Chicago, 111. 

 National Rural Magazine. Chicago, 111. 

 Orange Judd Farmer. Chicago, 111. 

 Peoria Journal, Peoria, III. 

 Spirit of the West, Des Moines, la. 

 Telegraph, Alton. 111. 

 Trotter and Pacer, New York, N. Y. 

 Western Agriculturist. Chicago. 111. 

 Western Horseman, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. C. Chapman, 

 Chairman Library Committee. 



Secretary's Report. 



lo the State Board of Agriculture. 



Gentlemen:— Pursuant to the provisions of the statute, your Secretary 

 submits the following report of the work of the office for the past year: 



CROP REPORTS. 



The usual number of crop reports has been issued on the dates specified by 

 the orders of the board, and they have been distributed throughout the State 

 and country to libraries of universities, colleges and schools, and to statis- 

 ticians and others interested in such documents. 



The law relating to the collection of statistics by the assessor should be so 

 amended that a penalty of some kind should be exacted from assessors fcr 

 not complying with its provisions. Many of the assessors hope to escape the 

 trouble of doing the work by encouraging the taxpayer or property holder in 

 declining to give in the product of their farms and orchards, and many of the 

 property holders are quick to decline to do so for fear that a return showing 

 a large yield per acre would influence the assessor or the State Board of 

 Equalization in returning their lands at a higher valuation. 



CHICAGO HORSE SHOW. 



There remains unpaid, of the indebtedness incurred on account of the 

 holding of the Chicago Horse Show of 1897, the sum of $18,897. The creditors 

 are growing very restless and impatient for a settlement and are demanding 

 to know what steps, if any, are being taken on the part of this board to pay 

 the 40 per cent due them. As it now stands, your secretary is at a loss to 

 know how to reply to these inquiries and asks to be instructed. 



CUSTODIAN'S HOTSK. 



During the fall of 1899 the board authorized the president, superintendent 

 of buildings and grounds, and the secretary to negotiate with the school trus- 

 tees of the district for the purchase of the school house standing near the 

 main entrance of the fair grounds. The committee purchased the school 

 house and lot for the sum of $1,000, the amount of the appraisement made 

 before any action could be taken by the district to sell the house. The com- 

 mittee had the attorneys for the board, Messrs. Conkliug & Grout, examine 

 the abstract of title, which was found correct, before paying for the same. 



