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or its work. Aside from the usual appropriation bills the more 

 important legislation had to do with the duties of the State Nursery 

 Inspector and the State Forester; also with the book on birds already 

 alluded to. 



Changes in Nature of AVork of the Board. 



That changes in the nature of the work of the Board have taken 

 place in recent years and are still taking place is well known to 

 those who are most familiar with its history and work. The present 

 and future demand is quite different from that of a decade or more 

 ago. One indication of the change taking place is the attitude of 

 those working in the public schools of the State and its higher 

 institutions of learning towards the Board and the educational 

 work it is trpng to do. Dissemination of information in agricultural 

 matters seems to be one of the most important functions, if not the 

 most important function, at the present day. 



William H. Spooner, 



Delegate. 

 December 31, 1907. 



