REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE STATE BOARD OF 

 AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR 1911. 



By Wilfrid Wheeler, Delegate, 



The work of the State Board of Agriculture for the year past has 

 been perhaps more varied than usual and along several new lines. 

 It may be summed up under the following heads. 



Office work. 



Legislation. 



Exhibitions. 



Meetings, Demonstrations, and Lectures. 



Publications. 



Office Work. 



The Legislature appropriated .1800.00 for extra clerical work 

 the past year and the Board has been able to add a stenographer 

 to its office force, thus facilitating the answering of letters and of 

 inquiries for the literature of the Board. 



The Library also has been newly catalogued and arranged so 

 that all of the books are accessible, and a card index has been made 

 out. 



Legislation. 



A bill introduced by the Board providing for an apiary inspector 

 was passed by the Legislature. Bee diseases had made such 

 havoc in this state that it was deemed necessary to ask for state aid 

 in fighting this enemy of the honey bee, hence this law. 



The appropriation for the nursery inspector was raised from 

 $2000.00 to $12000.00 owing to the necessity for stricter inspection 

 of nurseries and imported nursery stock. Various bills for milk 

 legislation came up during the year some of which were opposed 



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