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Apiaries be fixed at $500 per annum instead of $5 per diem, 

 and that an increase from $2,000 to $3,000 be allowed for 

 apiary inspection. 



3. That the annual salary of the general agent of the Dairy 

 Bureau be increased from $1,800 to $2,300. 



4. That the appropriation for premiums to children and 

 youths for excellence in garden and domestic science work be 

 increased from $2,000 to $4,000. 



5. That certain perfecting amendments be made to the apple- 

 grading law. 



6. That the statute establishing the Board be perfected so 

 as to name as members the State Forester and the Commis- 

 sioner of Animal Industry, of whom the former is a member b}'' 

 another act and the latter by the title of "chief of the cattle 

 bureau of the state board of agriculture;" further, that the 

 membership of the Board be changed by dropping the 

 Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary of the Commonwealth, and 

 adding a delegate appointed from and by the federation of 

 county leagues and farm bureaus. 



7. That provision be made for the drainage of wet lands for 

 farming purposes. 



Recommendations of the Secretary (relative to Current 

 Appropriations; not accompanied by Bills). 



For Action by the Board. 



1. That the appropriation for members' travel be increased 

 from $1,400 to $1,700. 



2. That the appropriation for incidental and contingent ex- 

 penses be increased from $2,000 to $3,000. 



3. That the maximum appropriation of $15,000 for the State 

 Nursery Inspector be allowed for the year 1916. 



4. That the appropriation for the dissemination of useful 

 information in agriculture be increased from $6,000 to $10,000. 



5. That the appropriation for bounty to agricultural societies 

 be increased by $1,000. 



