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It is especially gratifying tlu.t many maniuactiners have with- 

 di'Hwn tlie maxiimim liguies of Iheir g.iaiantoes iVoiu theii' bag 

 statements and otiitis are eliminating (lie "equivalents," both of which 

 liave proved confusing to cimsianevs. 



BUREAU OF PUBLICATIOxNS 



During the year 1911, tlie Dej)artmcnt issued 14 bulletins, Nos. 

 205 to 218, both inclusive. The demand for Department reports and 

 bulletins is very great, each year showing an increased interest in 

 agricultuial knowledge over the ])recediug year. Requests come from 

 the schools of the State for literature along agricultural lines, and 

 many High Schools use the bulletins of the Department in class 

 study. 



Since 1809, 12 annual re])orts, aggregating 12,400 pages and 177 

 bulletins aggregating 15,50(( pages have been published. During the 

 same period there has been distributed to the people of the Com- 

 monwealth, various states of the Union and foreign countries, about 

 400,000 copies of the Department publications. This number does not 

 include the annual reports distributed by the members of the Senate 

 and House of ]ve]>resentatives, aggregating in 12 years about 150,000, 

 making a total of 550,000 copies of reports and bulletins sent out for 

 the information of the i>eople in agriculture and allied subjects. 



Neither does the above number include the monthly bulletins issued 

 by the Dairy and Food Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Zoology, 

 from which has gone out during the past 10 years at least 500,000 

 copies making a grand total of more than one million of copies of 

 literature for the benefit of the general farmer, trucker, fruit grower 

 and producer of livestock, etc., distributed during 12 years. There 

 are on hand at the present time for distribution more than 250,000 

 publications. 



These publications are, for the most part, prepared by specialists 

 along the many lines to which they relate, Ibe editing of the same 

 being done by the Chief Clerk of the Department, Mr. M. D. Lichliter, 

 who also has supervision of their distribution. 



STATE FAIR 



For a number of years the State Livestock Breeders' Association, 

 the Dairy Union, the Horticultural Society and the State Board of 

 Agriculture have held what would be in many states regarded a very 

 creditable exhibition of agricultural, horticultural and dairy pro- 

 ducts, as well as animal displays, for whicli premiums secured by 

 voluntary contributions and by some advertising were offered that 

 have been of such amounts and character as to create keen competition 

 to obtain them. 



It seems that after these agricultural organizations have created 

 such an interest in State exhibits by voluntary action that the time 

 has come for the Legislature to make an appropriation for the pur- 

 chase of grounds and the erection of buildings for a State Fair, and 

 for the payment of such premiums as are compatible with the agricul- 

 tural interest of the State. 



T wish, in conclusion, to express to your Excellency personally my 

 appreciation of your readiness on all occasions to give to me every 

 assistance possible in carrying forward the work of the Department. 



