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"Poultry Culture," for about eight months, and we have 

 continued demands for both. As I said in my report last year 

 on this subject, it is evident that with the funds noAv at our 

 disposal for this work all of our bulletins cannot be kept in 

 print at one time, which is unfortunate to say the least. For 

 this reason, among others, I am recommending an increase in 

 the dissemination appropriation for the coming year, and part 

 of this money will be devoted to these much needed publica- 

 tions. A bulletin on soils and fertilizers would be very useful, 

 but I hardly see how we can print one this year. 



Legislative Appropriations. 



Objects for which appropriated. 



1915. 



Appropriation. 



Used. 



Traveling and necessary expenses of the Board, . . . . 



Salaries of secretary and first clerk, 



Traveling and necessary expenses of the secretary, 



Clerks 



Incidental 



Dissemination of useful information in agriculture, 



Printing 6,000 copies of "Agriculture in Massachusetts," and 



separata. 

 Bounties to agricultural societies, 



Poultry premium bounties 



Encouragement of orcharding 



State apiary inspection, ........ 



State nursery inspection, 



State Ornithologist, salary and expenses 



Special exhibitions, 



Premiums to children, 



Encouragement of dairying, ........ 



Apple-grading law, ......... 



Dairy Bureau, salaries and expenses, ...... 



$1,400 00 

 4,300 00 

 500 00 

 5,000 00 

 2,000 00 

 6,336 97 1 

 9,018 102 



30,000 00 



2,000 00 



500 00 



2,000 00 



12,000 00 

 2,500 00 

 2,000 00 

 2,000 00 

 5,785 91 

 1,000 00 



10,300 00 



$98,640 98 



$1,722 59 

 4,300 00 

 433 34 

 4,852 77 

 2,000 26 

 .6,388 68 

 9,938 31 



29,722 67 



1,952 30 



497 37 



2,004 57 



10,891 86 

 2,499 91 

 1,954 06 

 1,997 58 

 5,785 91 

 997 00 



10,273 29 



$98,212 47 



1 Includes balance from 1914 of $336.97. 



2 Includes balance from 1914 of $3,018. 10. 



Conclusion. 

 This report can well be brought to a close by emphasizing the 

 most important problem which faces us as farmers to-day. 

 With a population of 3,500,000 in our State, with Boston as one 



