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however, that this year they have decided to try some edu- 

 cational work, and have asked the Board to secure an appro- 

 priation especially for this purpose. Your secretary therefore 

 recommends that an extra $500 be. asked for in the appropria- 

 tion for the dissemination of information, and used in the work 

 of making our citizens realize the relation of spraying to 

 beekeeping. 



The Dairy Bureau. 



The work of encouragement of dairying, which has been con- 

 ducted by this department, has resulted very satisfactorily, and 

 will be reported on by Mr. Harwood. The Bureau has held 

 the usual monthly meetings during the past year and has made 

 its customary dairy inspections, and some additional inspection 

 of farms which are operating small creameries. 



The agents of the Bureau have been active in carrying on 

 inspections of stores, wagons, etc., from which butter and its 

 imitations are sold, and have found fewer violations of the law 

 than has been the case for several years. These agents have 

 also assisted in taking samples in the clean milk contest. 



In the opinion of your secretary, broader powers should be 

 conferred on the Dairy Bureau, in order that in connection with 

 its police work it may enlarge its campaign for the encourage- 

 ment of the dairy industry. Not only should the prize system 

 for clean milk production be continued, but the systematic plan 

 outlined by the Bureau for a State-wide campaign for better 

 dairying should be carried out. 



I also recommend that the salary of the general agent of the 

 Dairy Bureau be increased to $2,300. The work of the Bureau 

 has nearly doubled within the past three years, owing to the 

 efforts of the Board to encourage the dairy industry. The 

 preliminary planning of the various projects for the encourage- 

 ment of dairying, as well as the working out of the details, has 

 been under the immediate supervision of the general agent. 

 His salary has remained the same since 1905, and it is certainly 

 only just that it should be increased at this time. 



Mr. Harwood, the general agent, has made two trips out of 

 the State this year, one to New York, and one through northern 

 New England and southern Canada, both in the interests of the 

 problem of milk production and distribution. 



