112 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Sept., 



next succeeding their appointment and until their successors are ap- 

 pointed and qualified. The treasurer shall give a bond of four thousand 

 dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties. The board shall have its 

 office in the state capitol. 



Sec. 2073. Powers of the board. The board may receive and hold 

 donations and bequests for promoting agricultural education or the 

 general interests of husbandry, may prescribe forms for and regulate 

 the returns required from agricultural societies and furnish them nec- 

 essary and uniform blanks for such returns. Any society neglecting in 

 any year to comply with the regulations prescribed by said board shall 

 not be entitled to any allowance from the state for the next year. Said 

 board shall investigate such subjects relating to improvement in agri- 

 culture and horticulture in this state as it thinks proper and shall meet 

 at Hartford at least once a year and at such other places as it may 

 deem expedient. Meetings of the board shall be called by the governor 

 upon request of the secretary or of four of its members. 



Sec. 2074. Secretary to visit different sections. For the purpose of 

 inquiring into the methods and wants of practical husbandry, ascer- 

 taining the adaptation of agricultural products to soil, climate and 

 markets, encouraging the establishment of farmers' clubs, agricultural 

 libraries and reading rooms and disseminating agricultural information 

 by lectures or otherwise, the secretary shall annually visit different 

 sections of the state; and he, or a member or members delegated by the 

 board, shall, as far as practicable, visit the different agricultural fairs 

 In the state, and annually make a detailed report thereof to the board. 



Sec. 2075. The treasurer and his duties. The treasurer shall re- 

 ceive all money belonging to the board and pay out the same only for 

 bills approved by it and shall annually render a detailed account to the 

 board. 



Sec. 2076. Annual reports. The board shall annually report to the 

 governor a detailed statement of its doings, with a copy of the treas- 

 urer's account/ and as full an abstract of the returns of agricultural 

 societies, made by the secretary of the board, as is approved and 

 directed by the comptroller, but s^id report shall not exceed three hun- 

 dred and fifty printed pages; five thousand copies of said report, or 

 such number not exceeding five thousand as the board of control shall 

 determine, shall be printed annually, of which one thousand shall be for 

 the members of the general assembly, and three thousand shall be 

 distributed by said secretary, under the direction of said board, to the 

 town clerks for distribution among farmers. 



Sec. 2077. Special reports on fairs. The State Board of Agricul- 

 ture shall, in addition to or as a part of the annual report of said 

 board, make a special report of not less than twenty-five printed pages 

 concerning fairs held by the agricultural societies throughout this state, 

 including suggestions and recommendations for the specific improve- 

 ment of the fairs now held. Said special report shall deal more par- 

 ticularly, from practical illustrated examples from within and without 

 the state, with the management, exhibits and general methods of pro- 

 cedure and practical methods for the advertising of agricultural fairs. 

 Two thousand copies of such special report shall be printed annually 

 and shall be distributed by the secretary of said board, under the direc- 

 tion of the board, to the several agricultural societies of this state and 

 the officers and directors thereof; and such special report may also, if so 

 determined, be printed as a part of said annual report of said board. 



Sec. 2078. Reports by certain associations. The secretaries of the 

 Connecticut Poultrymen's Association, the Connecticut Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation, the Connecticut Dairymen's Association, the Connecticut 

 Sheep Breeders' Association and the Connecticut Pomological Society 



