No. 4] REPORT OF SECRETARY. xix 



The Legislature of 1891 appropriated $100 for the sup- 

 plying of these nails; $62.69 of this amount has been 

 expended as follows : — 



Two hundred and thirty-seven pounds 3^, 254 pounds 2£, 126 



pounds 2}, equal to 617 pounds nails, at 6 cents, 

 One hundred and fifty pounds large tinned washers, at 12 cents, 

 Sixty-six pounds small tinned washers, at 12 cents, . 

 Express charges, 



$62 69 



Quite a quantity of nails and washers, particularly the 

 larger sizes, remain in the office of the secretary subject to 

 future calls. Others will be secured as needed. 



Dairy Bureau. 

 The Legislature of 1891, by chapter 412, enacted a law 

 providing for the protection of dairy products and for the 

 establishing of a State Dairy Bureau. In order to secure 

 the better enforcement of the provisions of the act and to 

 promote the improvement of the products of the dairy, the 

 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the 

 Council, was given authority to appoint three members of 

 the Board of Agriculture, to constitute a Dairy Bureau of 

 said Board, to serve without pay. It was also provided that 

 the said Bureau, in the discharge of its duties, should be 

 subject to the general direction and control of the Board of 

 Agriculture. The Governor appointed Messrs. C. L. 

 Hartshorn of Worcester, G. L. Clemence of Southbrid°;e 

 and D. A. Horton of Northampton as the Bureau. Their 

 report to the Legislature will be found printed on pages 

 313-318 of this volume. 



Gypsy Moth (Ocneria dispar). 

 On March 4, 1891, N. S. Shaler and Francis H. Appleton, 

 members of the Board of Agriculture, and William R. Ses- 

 sions, secretary of said Board, were appointed commis- 

 sioners to provide and carry into execution measures to 

 secure the extermination of the Ocneria dispar or gypsy 

 moth in this Commonwealth. This commission was super- 

 seded by the Board of Agriculture by chapter 210 of the 



