Part I.] 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



63 



Legislative AppROPiiiATioisrs. 



Object for which appropriated. 



1916. 



Appropria- 

 tion. 



Used. 



Administration: — 

 Secretary's and first clerk's salaries, 



Clerks, 



Secretary's travel, . . . . 



Members' travel 



Incidentals 



Printing report and separata, 



Inspection and encouragement: — 

 Nursery inspection, . . . . 

 Suppression of blister rust, . 

 Apiary inspection, . . . . 



State Ornithologist 



Dissemination 



Dairy Bureau 



Encouragement of dairying, 

 Encouragement of orcharding, 

 Bounties to agricultural societies. 

 Poultry premium bounties, . 

 Premiums to children and youths. 



Special exhibitions 



Massachusetts building at Springfield, 

 Exhibit at Springfield, . . . . 



$4,800 

 5,000 

 500 

 1,700 

 3,000 

 6,000 



14,000 



14,000 



2,000 



2,500 



8,000 



9,800 



5,000 



500 



30,000 



2,000 



2,000 



2,000 



1,500 



1,000 



$4,800 00 



4,990 38 



463 50 



1,600 96 



2.998 09 

 4,851 69 



13,012 68 

 13,959 81 



1.999 50 

 2,498 35 

 7,868 13 

 9,800 00 

 3,736 10 



494 10 

 29,482 08 

 2,000 00 

 2,000 00 

 1,931 45 

 1,500 00 



999 02 



Conclusion. 

 In concluding, the secretary would like to speak on one point 

 which we must be prepared for sooner or later. The Board has 

 now been in existence for sixty-four years, and during that 

 period practically no changes have taken place in the form of 

 organization. We have continued on the line of a plan which 

 has stood the test of time, and while other States have been 

 shifting from one style of organization to another, Massachu- 

 setts has kept close to the traditions of those whose vision was 

 farseeing. That the principle has been good is true, but we 



