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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



state Board of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, ( 

 Oolumbia, Mo., March 20, 1909. \ 



To Honorable Herbert S. Hadley, Governor of Missouri: 



Sir — I have the honor to transmit to you a report of the work 

 of the State Board of Agriculture for the year 1908, including 

 the work of this office, and that of the State Veterinarian, State 

 Highway Engineer, and State Apiary Inspector. 



Trusting that the work of the Board and officers will prove 

 to have been valuable in the development of the great resources 

 of our State, and that the same may meet with, your approval, 

 I am, 



Very respectfully, 



Geo. B. Ellis, Secretary. 



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