276 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Agricultural societies, offering prizes for pure blood cattle, 

 shall demand a certificate of tuberculin test, duly authorized by 

 the Maine State Cattle Commission, for any and all such cattle 

 exhibited for breeding purposes. Such certificate of test shall 

 bear date of within six months of the opening of such agricul- 

 tural society's exhibition. Calves under four months old 

 excepted. 



We should try and bring our appropriations nearer to our 

 expenditures so that farmers will not have to wait for their 

 money, as in cases now. Sometimes nine months pass before 

 payment is made for the condemned cattle, notably in the pres- 

 ent year, and the Commissioners are deluged with letters ask- 

 ing that payment be made. 



This is seemingly unnecessary and is a great hardship in very 

 many cases. It constitutes the worst feature of the law. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



F. O. BEAL, 

 JOHN M. DEERING, 

 FRANK S. ADAMS, 

 State of Maine Cattle Commissioners. 



