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ume, and will be found to contain a very full statement of the 

 vast deal of excellent work done during the year. That this 

 work is being carried on with great efficiency is the belief of 

 your secretary. I have no recommendations looking to new 

 action or legislation during the present year, as I believe that 

 sufficient time should be given for the trial and working out of 

 the law as it now exists, and so far as can be seen there is no 

 further authority required at present. 



Dairy Bureau. 

 Much excellent work has been done by this department 

 of the Board. The number of violations of the oleomargarine 

 laws has somewhat increased during the year, owing to the high 

 price of butter and the increase in the number of dealers han- 

 dling uncolored oleomargarine; while the violations of the law 

 in relation to renovated butter are less numerous than formerly, 

 the margin of profit on renovated butter not having been suffi- 

 cient during the past year to tempt dealers to take any long 

 chances in the violation of the law. More inspections have 

 been made than in any previous year, and a vast amount of in- 

 vestigation work, of great value from an educational and re- 

 search standpoint, has been carried on. The details of the 

 work appear in the report of the general agent, which is printed 

 elsewhere in this volume. The general agent, Mr. P. M. Har- 

 wood, received a well-deserved increase in salary at the hands 

 of the last Legislature, — a compliment to the work of the 

 Bureau, and an act of simple justice to a hard-working and 

 conscientious official. 



Cattle Bureau. 



The report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau will be found 

 printed elsewhere, and is submitted without comment, the law, 

 which makes the Bureau nominally a Bureau of the Board of 

 Agriculture, not giving the Board or its secretary any authority 

 in the premises. 



State Forester. 



The State Forester has carried on his work during the year 

 in a manner worthy of commendation. He has at all times 

 been ready to co-operate with the Board, and has availed him- 

 self of our assistance in many ways. The appropriation for 



