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that sufficient funds be provided, or in other words, the Gov- 

 ernor and Council be authorized to pay out of any moneys not 

 otherwise appropriated, whenever the appropriation is not suffi- 

 cient to meet the demands made upon the Commissioners, as 

 the Commissioners under the present laws are obliged to act 

 whether there are sufficient funds available or not. 



It will make no difiference whether there are Cattle Com- 

 missioners or not, or whether the State appropriates money to 

 pay for diseased animals or not, the producers of dairy products 

 will find in the future that it will be of great financial advantage 

 to them, to guarantee to the consumers of their products that 

 they are produced from healthy herds ; and those who do not 

 look after this end of the business will be obliged to accept the 

 low price for their products. And this will bring about a still 

 stronger sentiment among the consumers of dairy products, that 

 the producers are doing all in their power to satisfy them that 

 their products are pure and healthy. We appeal to all educa- 

 tional and scientific sources and especially the agricultural press, 

 to inform the people of all preventives and practical experiments 

 and up-to-date methods in order that they be educated to the 

 latest and most important issues relative to tuberculosis among 

 our herds. 



HON. F. O. BEAL, Pves., Bangor. 



JOHN M. DEERING, Secy., Saco. 



F. S. ADAMS, Bowdoinham. 



