6 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. No.4. 



appointed, to consider the laws relating to agriculture and 

 agricultural societies, to report at some' future meeting of 

 the Board, and with power to recommend to the Legislature 

 such changes in the present statutes as shall seem in their 

 judgment expedient. 



The committee was constituted by the appointment of 

 Messrs. Sessions, EllsAvorth, Kilbourn, Sargent and Brewster. 



On motion of Mr. W. C. Jewett, it was 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed to consider 

 the game laws which expire by limitation at the next session 

 of the Legislature, with power to make such recommenda- 

 tions to the Legislature as may seem desirable for the pro- 

 tection of the agriculture of the State. 



The committee was constituted by the appointment of 

 Messrs. Jewett, Richardson and Boise. 



Dr. J. B. Lindsey, department of foods and feeding. Hatch 

 Experiment Station, explained a proposed feed law ; when, 

 on motion of Mr. Barton, it was 



Voted, That the Board endorse the proposed feed law, and 

 that the action of the Board before the Legislature be left to 

 the executive committee. 



On motion of Secretary Stockwell, it was 



Voted, That Dr. Peters, chief of the Cattle Bureau of the 

 Board, be invited to address the Board on the condition of 

 affairs in regard to the outbreak of the foot and mouth 

 disease in this State. 



Voted, That the report of the chief of the Cattle Bureau 

 on the foot and mouth disease be accepted and his action 

 endorsed. 



