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the Board present a bill to the Legislature enacting a new nur- 

 sery-inspection law, which will be more generally satisfactory, 

 and putting the work on a permanent basis, with an annual 

 appropriation of $15,000. 



Dairy Bureau. 

 The work of the Dairy Bureau has been carried on along the 

 usual lines and with the usual success. The inspection and 

 detective work of the Bureau have been characterized by firm- 

 ness, justice and energy, so that the usual high standard of num- 

 ber of cases in court, convictions obtained and fines imposed 

 has been fully maintained. The details of the work are given 

 in the annual report of its general agent. 



Cattle Bureau. 

 The work of the Cattle Bureau is so far independent that 

 comment on it in this report is not proper. Tiiis work should 

 be under the control and direction of this Board. It falls 

 naturally under the pro^•ince of the Board, and should never 

 have been established on an indcpendcnit basis, and the time 

 has come when the mistake of the past should be rectified. This 

 is no reflection on the chief of the Cattle Bureau or his methods, 

 but a simple statement of what should be done to simplify and 

 co-ordinate the work regarding agriculture carried on by the 

 State. I would recommend that the Board present to the 

 Legislature a bill placing the work of the Cattle Bureau under 

 its direction and control. 



State Forester. 

 The State F^orester will report to you Acrbally, and his formal 

 report will be printed in "Agriculture of Massachusetts" for 

 1911. The year has been a trying one in many ways for the 

 State Forester, but he has come through it with his prestige 

 undiminished and his usefulness unimpaired. I have nothing 

 but good words to say of his work and tliat of his assistants, 

 and feel it to be worthy of the hearty sympathy and co-opera- 

 tion of the Board. 



