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work done by this Bureau since it was created by chapter 

 116 of the Acts of 11:m;)2. We further thaak the chief of the 

 Bureau for his courtesy in giving information and consulting 

 with the Board, in every way, according to the Board the 

 courtesies of fellowship and the respect due to this body 

 of which he Is an ex-ufficio member. Personally as your 

 secretary and to the farmers of the wState it is only justice 

 Ave should say that the State Board of Agi-iculture had no 

 part in the drafting of this anomalous bill or its enactment, 

 placing the Governor and Council superior to the Board in 

 guarding the cattle interests ; making this department a 

 Bureau of one man : instructing it to report to the Board 

 of Agricultiu"e, yet giving the Board no right to criticise, 

 question or amend the report. This peculiai* condition 

 is plainly illustrated in the criticisms of the press and of 

 intelligent critics praising or censuring the Board for the 

 work of this Bureau, when the praise or blame rests entu-ely 

 on the chief, with the Governor and Council as his advisory 

 experts in the protection of the cattle industry of the State ; 

 also in the numerous inquiries that come to the secretary 

 of this Board, both from within and without the State, for 

 information as to the work of this Bureau, which the secre- 

 tary could not give but for the courtesy of the chief of the 

 Bm"eau, who has kindly fiu'nished information keeping yoiu* 

 secretary in touch with existing conditions and with the 

 success of his work. 



This condition should be changed, and doubtless wUl be 



in the near futiu-e. 



The Dairy Bureau. 



To s[ieak in praise of the Dairy Bureau ot this Boiu'd is 

 superfluous, — its work praises it and its faithlulness in the 

 disch:irge of its duties. It would also seem almost per- 

 sonal, as the secretary of this Board is the secretary of the 

 Bureau and its executive officer, and doubtless will continue 

 to be so long as the Bureau exists. However, the secretary 

 desires, before leaving his position, to ex|>ress to you his 

 appreciation of the painstaking labor of the members of this 

 department of the Board in conducting and guarding this 

 work from extrav a^zance and loss for the best interests oi 



