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of time that lias hci'ii allctltcd lo mc. lo call your allenliou to some 

 of the most im])oi-(ant tliiiij;s (((iiiu'clcd with our work. 



We have here at the meelinji samplos of (lie dillerout feeds that 

 we find on the uiarkols of I'cunsvlvauiiu as well as sauii)les of the 

 adulterants. You will lind a jfentlcuian iu cliar.nc of llie same, and 

 we will be i)leased to give you auy iuforuiation that it is in our power 

 to give. The Laboratory is situated on the fifth lloor of the Capitol 

 Building, and you will find those in cliarge delighted to give you any 

 information that they can. 



As the Genej'al Agent of the l)e])artment of Agriculture, I wish 

 to return thanks to Secretary Critch field for his courtes}^ and kind- 

 ness to me and for the confidence that he has reposed in me in carry- 

 ing out his work. 



I also wish to thank the Chief Chemist, Mr. James W. Kellogg, for 

 his kindness and for the able manner in which he has had conducted 

 the laboratory work, and to Mr. John F. St. Clair, the Special Agent, 

 for the care and courteous manner which he has met the dealers 

 throughout the State Of Pennsylvania. 



Any information that I can give to any member of this Board 

 or any farmer in Pennsylvania, in regard to commercial feeds, I will 

 be delighted to do it. You will find our bulletin covering the work 

 of 1909, one of the best published in the United States. 



EEPOKT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FEUIT AND FRUIT CUL- 

 TURE 



By D. A. KNUPPENBURG, Chairman 



The year that has so recently slipped out of the arena witnessed 

 a decided march forward in many directions. Looking back over 

 the record and weighing the importance of the different lines of 

 progress, we naturally place at first, the phenomenal development in 

 Agriculture, In the light of pasf events, 1 confidently believe that 

 if the year 1911 sees advancement correspondingly as great as that of 

 1910 there will have been accomplished most marvelous results. In 

 the march of progress those things that most closely concern the 

 home, is the movement to make farm life more attractive and re- 

 munerative; the strong interest manifested in civic improvement and 

 the increasing demand that the ])ublic schools shall furnish an 

 all-around education that tits our children for active, honorable 

 and self-reliant life. All these and many other forward movements 

 are good, and should enlist the interest and support of every right 

 minded person. The Dei)artment of Agriculture is to be congratulated 

 on the changes that have been wrought abmg this line; 

 but we are only standing on the threshold of what must be accom- 

 plished. This is not a result of second-hand information but a mat- 

 ter of absolute personal knowledge. 



The people of the State of Pennsylvania have not fully realized 

 the vastness and importance of the wonderful resources before them. 



