6S ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



1 t.r the [niriiost' of pioviditij,' jinMiiinins fof Hie assistance of countj 

 fairs, jKT yviiv, ^^H^OOO. 



For IIk' jMirposo of securinj; an Agricultural Muscuni, and for an agri- 

 cultural exhibit at the coining St. Louis Fair, $2.j,0U(). 



Increased approitriation to the Fanners' Institute work, additional 

 per annum, ^10,000. 



For the purpose of securing an Agricultural Library for the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, $3,000. 



For the purpose of paying the expenses of the Annual Meetings of 

 the State Board of Agriculture, the Horticultural Society, the 

 State Poultry Association, and the State Live Stock Breeders' As- 

 sociation, per year, |2,500.00. 



To provide for the erection of a Division of Animal Husbandry in 

 the Department of Agriculture. 



To provide for the erection of a Division of Horticulture and Pomol- 

 ogy in the Department of Agriculture. 



For the erection of a Division of Public Highway Improvement in 

 tlie Department of Agriculture. 



To extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to publish 

 farmers' bulletins to a number not exceeding 25,000 copies of any 

 one bulletin. 



To provide that in the distribution of the Annual Reports of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, five thousand copies shall be given to the 

 Department for its use. 



CONCLUSION. 



In concluding this report, I desire again, to express my sense of 

 obligation for the cordial and etfective suj)port which you have 

 given me during your administration. It would have been im 

 possible for me to have performed the duties of Secretary of Agri- 

 culture of this State, if it had not been for your confidence and en- 

 couragement. How varied and important the duties of this otfice 

 are, can to some degree be imagined from the report itself. The 

 Department has to deal with the most ditflcnlt questions which 

 science has to meet, and is also brought in practical and per- 

 sonal contact with the great commercial interests of the country. 

 The administration of the food laws alone, requires exceeding care- 



