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months' labor at the Yerinont Station could not possibly be 

 large. The collection of facts in regard to the fertilizers 

 oiFered for sale within the State and their publication and 

 distribution in the form of a l)ulletin, is all that has as yet 

 been given to the public. • 



The action of the previous Board called the attention of 

 the Legislature to a change which seemed desirable in the 

 statute creating tlie Board. The framers of the act evi- 

 dently contemplated the holding of one or two or at most a 

 few yearly public meetings. In practice it is found desira- 

 ble to hold just as many as the appropriation will allow. By 

 reference to the list of public meetings it will be seen that 

 already twenty-seven have been held since the present Board 

 came into office. From twelve to fifteen will in all proba- 

 bility be held yearly. 



The salary of the Secretary is now fixed without regard 

 to the amount of work done, and under the ace as it now 

 stands the more meetings held, and consequently the more 

 work done, the less net compensation he receives ; he being 

 required to attend these meetings at his own expense. 



With such facts in view the recent Board presented the 

 resolution, that in the opinion of the members, the statute 

 creating the Board ought to be so amended that the Board 

 may regulate the work and compensation of its Secretary, 

 but in no case the entire expenses of said Board to exceed 

 the stated appropriation. 



These facts remain as weighty as ever and seem worthy 

 the attention of the Legislature. 



