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REPOKT OF SECRETARY. 



XXI 



Legislative Appropriations : Board of Agriculture. 



The Legislature of 1904 also appropriated $67,000 for 

 exterminating contagious diseases among horses, cattle and 

 other animals. 



Press Bulletins. 



The issuing of press bulletins containing abstracts of the 

 publications of the Board has been continued during the 

 year. AVe wish to thank the press of the State for their 

 courteous treatment of these bulletins, and for the wide 

 publicity which they have given these abstracts. In this 

 way we are enabled to reach many citizens of the Common- 

 wealth, and bring to their attention information which we 

 have prepared for their use, and of which they might not 

 otherwise become aware. The large number of calls for our 

 crop reports, referred to under that heading, shows that 

 these abstracts receive a wide circulation and serve a useful 

 puq)ose. 



Respectfully submitted, 



,L LEWIS ELLSWORTH, 



Secretary. 

 Boston, Jan. 10, li)05. 



