14 The Bulletin. 



3, At St. Joseph, Mo., in 1911 at the National Horticultural Con- 

 gress : 



SWEEPSTAKES ON BEST AND LARGEST HORTICULTURAL DISPLAY 

 BY ANY STATE. 



Best General Display of Citrus and Subtropical Fruits. 



Best Plate Apples. 



Largest Apples. 



Plate of Quinces. 



Plate of Grapes. 



Plate of Persimmons. 



Plate of Oranges. 



Collection of Nuts. 



Best Red Sweet Potatoes. 



Best Yellow Sweet Potatoes. 



Best and Largest Pumpkin. 



Best Display Canned Fruit. 



Best Display Preserved Fruit. 



Best Display Evaporated Apples. 



Best Display Evaporated Peaches. 



Best Display Vegetables. 



4. At Washington, D. C, in 1913, the Wilder, which is considered 

 the Society's highest award. 



Concentrated and Condimental Feeds. 



Analyses of concentrated and condimental feeds are under Dr. J. M. 

 Pickel in connection with the State Chemist. A bulletin is published 

 each year showing analyses, and that of condimental feeds shows the 

 high prices Avhich farmers are paying for simple medicines as salts, 

 charcoal, copperas, saltpetre, etc. A license of $20 is charged for each 

 brand of condimental feeds and 20 cents per ton for feeds sold in the 

 State. 



Pure Food and Oils. 



This is a division of this Department of which Mr. W. M. Allen is in 

 charge. A bulletin of foods inspected is published every year, and those 

 now sold in the State show much less adulteration than when the Bureau 

 was organized ten years ago. Artificially bleached flour is required to 

 be branded and a registration fee of $25 for each brand is required. 



Botany and Agronomy. 



A license of $25 annually is charged for selling seed in the State, 

 but a license permits all persons who buy from the firm paying it to 

 sell. Samples are collected by the inspectors and a bulletin of those 

 analyzed published each year. The law states the per cent admissible 

 both for purity and germination. Seed not complying with the law 

 are expelled from the State. The Agronomist visits farms when re- 

 quested for suggestions as to improvements, and manufacturers legume 

 inoculation which is sold at forty cents per acre, to citizens of the 

 State while the commercial price is $2. 



