CONNECTICUT '^-<-*^ 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



The Connecticut State Board of Agriculture was established 

 by act of Legislature, holden in New Haven on the first day of 

 May, 1866. Said act provided that the Board should consist of 

 the Governor, one person appointed from each county by the 

 incorporated agricultural societies in each county, receiving an 

 annual bounty from the State, and four other persons appointed by 

 the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. 



This Board was empowered to receive and hold donations or 

 bequests for promoting agricultural education and the general 

 interests of husbandry ; to prescribe forms for and regulate the 

 returns required from agricultural societies. 



The Secretary was required by statute to visit different 

 sections of the State annually, for the purpose of inquiring into 

 the methods and wants of practical husbandry, ascertaining the 

 adaptation of agricultural products to soil, climate, and markets, 

 encouraging the establishment of agricultural libraries and 

 reading rooms, and disseminating agricultural information by 

 lectures or otherwise. 



For the purpose of preventing the spread of contagious 

 diseases among domestic animals, the Board could prohibit the 

 introduction of any such animals into the State, and could quaran- 

 tine any infected animal in the State. The Board could also 

 appoint three commissioners on diseases of domestic animals, 

 having all of the powers of the Board in regard thereto. 



c By act of the General Assembly of 1897, the Board was 



^ re-organized to consist of one member from each county of the 

 "^' State, elected by the Senators and Representatives of said counties 

 .^^^ respectively, and the power to investigate the contagious diseases 

 of domestic animals was given to one commissioner, appointed by 

 the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. 



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