No. 123.] REPORT OF COMAIISSIONER. 



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A minor change was made in General Acts of 1912, chapter 

 218, so as to conform to the Constitution as amended. A bill 

 to provide for the collection of agricultural statistics failed of 

 passage. 



Legislative Appropriations. 



Object for which appropriated. 



Administration : — 



Commissioner's salary, 



Clerical and other assistance, 



Associate members, ..... 



Commissioner's travel, 



Incidentals 



Inspection and encouragement: — 



Nursery inspection, ..... 



Apiary inspection, ...... 



State Ornithologist, 



Disseminating information 



Farm machinery, ...... 



Dairy Bureau: — 

 Personal services, ..... 



Expenses, 



Encouragement of dairying, .... 



State prizes for agricultural exhibits. 



Establishment of demonstration sheep farms, 

 Special : — 



European corn borer, ..... 



Survey of soils, ...... 



Appropriation. 



Used. 



$3,000 00 

 8,000 00 

 3,500 00 

 500 00 

 6,000 00 



15,000 00 

 2,000 00 

 3,500 00 

 9,000 00 



25,000 002 



3,570 00 

 5,430 00 

 2,332 68 

 35,000 003 

 5,000 00 



100,000 00 

 5,000 00 



S23 1,832 68 



$3,000 00 



7,704 13 



4,139 101 



327 35 



6,000 00 



14,995 50 

 1,802 23 

 3,488 35 

 8,953 92 



17,100 50 



3,585 001 

 5,428 70 

 2,329 42 

 30,117 04 



2,277 74 



79,232 74 

 3,067 64 



$193,549 36 



' Overdraft paid from deficiency appropriation. 



2 There was $2,950 allowed from deficiency appropriation to meet 1918 expenditures. 



5 There was 8361 allowed from deficiency appropriation to meet 1918 expenditures. 



Reorganization of the Department of Agriculture. 



Owing to the acceptance by the people of the constitutional 

 amendments, and in this connection the one which had to do 

 with the consolidation of State departments, it became neces- 

 sary to have a second reorganization of this Department within 

 two years. 



It was the hope of many who have agriculture vitally at heart 

 to effect an organization which would embrace all those depart- 



