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I lie insect enemies of crops and report upon tbeir ravages and give 

 suggestions for their control or eradication. There is assigned to 

 this Division the Orchard, Greenhouse, Marliet Garden and Flower 

 Gardening industries of the State. Information is sent out bj him 

 to those engaged in these industries, giving the latest scientific and 

 practical discoveries in these lines of work, and as new questions 

 arise he endeavors to have investigations made and proper solution 

 discovered to meet the new conditions. 



DIVISIOX CF \'ETEI{1NARY SCIENCE. The chief of this Di- 

 vision is bj law, required to be ''a graduate of some reputable vet- 

 erinary college." The law further makes it the duty of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture "to obtain and distribute information on all 

 matters relating to the raising and care of stock and poultry; the 

 best methods of producing wool and preparing the same for market." 

 This work is consigned to the V'eterinary Division. The Veteri- 

 narian is also a member of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, 

 whose dut}' it is to "protect the health of the domestic animals of 

 the State," and powers to adopt means to effect this are granted by 

 the act creating the Board. 



FERTILIZER INSPECTION AND ANALYSES. The work of 

 the licensing and inspection of Commercial Fertilizers is in the 

 hands of the Secretary. Agents are employed to collect samples 

 of goods upon the market, and these are transmitted to the chemists 

 for analyses. The results are published for the information of 

 farmers and dealers, twice each year. * 



INSPECTION OF NURSERIES. The Legislature of 1901 passed 

 an act making it the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture "to cause 

 an examination to be made each year of each and every nursery or 

 other places in this State where trees, shrubs, vines or plants, com- 

 monly known as nursery stock, are grown for sale, for the purpose of 

 ascertaining whether the trees, shrubs, vines or plants, therein kept 

 or propagate! for sale, are infested with San Jose Scale or other in- 

 sect pest destructive of such trees, shrubs, vines or plants." Where 

 a nursery is free from these insect pests, a certificate stating the fact 

 is issued to the owner. 



CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS. Under 

 the act of 25th of April, 1901, all concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuffs sold in this State, such as "linseed meals, cottonseed mea^s, 

 gluten meals, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewers' 

 grains, malt sprouts, hominy foods, cerealine feeds, rice meals, 

 ground beef or fish scraps, and all materials of similar nature," must 

 have affixed to the package containing them a label "certifying the 

 number of net pounds of feeding stuff contained therein; the name, 

 brand or trade mark under which the article is sold; the name and 

 address of the manufacturer or importer, and a statement of the 



