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amount of $6,000 was presented by Mr. Danforth. JSTo one 

 appearing in opposition, and it appearing that the law had 

 been complied with, it was — 



Voted, To approve the request of the Essex Agricultural 

 Society, in accordance with the provisions of Revised Laws, 

 chapter 124, as amended by Acts of 1907, chapter 189. 



Dr. Peters, Chief of the Cattle Bureau, presented through 

 Secretary Ellsworth his eleventh semiannual report, which 

 was accepted. 



Mr. Danforth presented the following preamble and reso- 

 lutions, which were unanimously adopted : — 



Whereas, Congress has directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 investigate the work of the Bureau of Biological Survey of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, and report to what extent 

 it " is of practical value to the agricultural interests of the country," 

 now, therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture re- 

 gards the work of the Biological Survey as of great value to the 

 agricultural interests of this country, and requests the Senators and 

 Representatives from Massachusetts to make every effort to secure 

 larger appropriations for the work of this Bureau, that its investiga- 

 tions may not be hampered by a lack of means for necessary work. 



In support of this resolution we present the following statement 

 of facts : — 



(1) The work of the Biological Survey is carried out as outlined 

 by acts of Congress, and includes investigations relating to the 

 geographic distribution of animals and plants, the economic rela- 

 tions of mammals and birds to agriculture and the preservation of 

 birds and game. The Biological Survey is also given by law certain 

 police poAvers regarding the preservation of birds and game, and the 

 supervision of the importation of foreign mammals and hirds. 



(2) The mapping of the life zones of the country and their cor- 

 relation with the crop zones — a work which is intrusted to this 

 Bureau — is of the greatest value to practical farmers, who will be 

 saved many costly experiments by having ready a guide to the crops 

 most likely to succeed in a given locality. 



(3) The great mass of facts collected by the Biological Survey is 

 accurate, varied and most valuable. Its publications should be made 

 more accessible and given a far wider distribution than now obtains, 

 and means should be provided for publishing the mass of unpub- 



