876 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. D«c. 



The CHAIRMAN: 1 will appoint Mr. Stout to take charge of the 

 questions. 



Mr. SCHWARZ: Will the Commissioner be here this afternoon? 

 I have one more question to ask him that I would like to have 

 cleared up. 



MK. HUNTER: If it is the pleasure of the Board, 1 will be 

 here. 



ME. SCHWARZ: I want to know this: After a county fails to 

 take advantage of this appropriation for two years where is that 

 money put? 



MR. HUNTER: It is put into the fund and re-divided to other 

 counties. 



MR. SCHWARZ: It does not go back to the State Treasury? 



MR. HUNTER: No, sir; it is divided among the other counties 

 proportionately. 



On motion, adjourned at 12.10 P. M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Thursday, January 28, 1.30. 



The Board was called to order at 1.30 P. M., with Hon. A. J. Kahler 

 in the chair. 



The CHAIRMAN: There are a couple of questions to be answered. 

 The Secretary will please read them. 



"Aside from the plant food, introduced with the application of 

 fertilizer to soils, what chemical effect does it have to promote 

 plant growth?" 



The CHAIRMAN: This is referred to no one and I do not see 

 anybody in the audience better qualified to answer that question 

 than Mr. Stout. 



MR. STOUT: It is my question and I refer it to some of these 

 gentlemen here who, I think, are better qualified to answer it than 

 I am. 



The SECRETARY': We would be glad to hear your voice on the 

 subject and have no doubt that you are fully competent to answer. 



MR. STOUT: I have no views to give. I ask this question for 

 information because I imagine there is something going on in 



