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form classification of exhibits, a uniform system of judging and the sup- 

 pression of all gambling and degrading practices. Such a bill has been 

 proposed and will be submitted to this Board for their most careful 

 consideration. 



Another bill that will probably come up for action at the present 

 session is a pure seed law. I have taken the trouble to collect the laws 

 now in force in the various states and have them here for your use. 

 I respectfully suggest that a committee of three or more members be 

 appointed to examine these laws and report to the Board during this 

 week. 



I also have a copy of a bill which I consider worthy of your care- 

 ful attention, and will turn it over to your committee as soon as it is 

 wanted. Your recommendation in this matter Avill have much weight 

 in shaping public opinion and will help in the passage of the bill. 



I cannot refrain from calling your attention to the inadeciuate ap- 

 propriations for the ever-increasing demands on this Board. When 

 called on by the State Auditor for an estimate of what would be needed 

 in the various departments under your control and not having time to 

 consult the Executive Committee or any members of the Committee or 

 Board, I gave the Auditor an approximate estimate of the needs for this 

 biennial period. 



The estimate shows an increase over the last appropriation, the 

 major part of which is in the annual report fund. This fund is entirely 

 insufficient. We attempted to print and distribute 10,000 copies each of the 

 41st and 42nd reports witli tlic .^8,000. 00 in this fund, and by reason 

 of the increased cost of paper and labor. and tlie increase in the number 

 of pages our funds were exhausted before the books could be distributed. 

 The value placed on this work by the reading public is shown by the 

 urgent appeals coming to tliis office for the 42nd report. While we 

 could print but 10,000 copies with the funds given us, we have calls for 

 over 22,000 copies now, and almost every mail brings one or more re- 

 quests for the book. 



Among the many bills before the last Legislature that failed of 

 passage, I wish to mention one wliich provided for the collection and 

 publication of farm statistics. It is believed that the failure of the past 

 Legislature to provide the legal machinery for this much needed work 

 was not due to any lack of merit in the plan, biit to political or personal 

 reasons. Be this as it may, T am impressed with the importance of this 

 work, and the public demand for reliable statistics on farm products is 

 such that I deem it my duty to ask youi- consideration of the question. 

 In order that these several legislative questions may receive the atten- 



