Part I.] 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



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The law relating to the Dairy Bureau has been changed so 

 that the Bureau may now spend some of its funds in general 

 work for the improvement of the dairy industry, and the salary 

 of the secretary is now paid from one appropriation instead of 

 his receiving part of his salary as secretary of the Board and 

 part as ex officio of the Bureau, as heretofore (chapter 46, 

 General Acts of 1916). 



A resolve was also passed with an appropriation of $5,000 a 

 year for three years to be used by the Board in the encourage^ 

 ment of the dairy industry. This money has been given to the 

 Dairy Bureau for use in offering prizes along lines similar to the 

 clean milk contests of the past few years. 



The following legislative recommendations of the Board failed 

 of passage: a resolve for the purchase of registered stallions 

 by the State; a resolve giving the Board power to collect and 

 circulate information relating to the agricultural resources of 

 the Commonwealth; an act authorizing the appointment of a 

 chief of markets by the State Board of Agriculture; an act 

 increasing the salary of the general agent of the Dairy Bureau 

 from SI, 800 to $2,300; and an act amending the drainage laws 

 of the Commonwealth. 



Publications. 

 The following publications were issued by the Board during 

 1916, and may be secured upon application to this office: — 



Name of Poblication. 



Pages. 



Number. 



Agriculture of Massachusetts, 1915, Part I., 

 Agriculture of Massachusetts, 1915, Part II., 

 Report of Secretary for 1915, ' . . . 



A History of the Game Birds, Wild Fowl and Shore Birds of Mas- 

 sachusetts and Adjacent States. ^ 

 Bulletin No. 2,' Apple Growing 



Bulletin No. 5,* Vegetable Growing, 



List of Available Publications, 



Circular No. 43, * Sewage Disposal in Rural Districts, 



Circular No. 44,* The Sanitary Side of Farm Water Supplies, . 



Circular No. 45, » The Starling 



> Separate from sixty-third annual report. ' Second edition, revised. ' Fifth edition, revised. 



