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loss in yield. Tobacco was a good crop, well secured, except 

 where damaged by frost, there being an unusual amount suffer- 

 ing in this way. Prices, as far as recorded, ruled high. Cran- 

 berries were a light crop, with high prices. The prices for 

 poultry and eggs ruled high throughout the year, fresh eggs 

 being especially profitable during the winter season, and despite 

 the high prices of grain our poultrymen must have had a suc- 

 cessful season. 



Legislation of lOlL 

 The recommendations of this Board for legislation were well 

 received by the Legislature of 1911, considered as a wliole. As 

 a result of the session the appropriation for extra clerical assist- 

 ance and lectures before the Board was increased from $800 to 

 $1,600; the work of apiary inspection was placed on a perma- 

 nent basis, with an annual appropriation of S2,000; the reprint- 

 ing of the farm catalogue was provided for, with an appropria- 

 tion of $1,500; the laws in relation to the killing of wild deer 

 remained as in the year previous; the appropriation for the 

 dissemination of useful information in agriculture was increased 

 $1,000; and a special resolve was passed increasing the powers 

 of the State Inspector of Nurseries, and making a total appro- 

 priation for the work of $12,000. The only recommendations 

 of the Board which did not result in more or less complete favor- 

 able legislation were those providing for a law authorizing local 

 boards of health to issue permits for the sale of milk and cream, 

 and to make regulations go\'erning its production, transporta- 

 tion and sale, which passed the Legislature and was vetoed by 

 the Governor; that placing the work of the cattle bureau under 

 the Board in fact as well as in name; and the bill introduced by 

 special vote of the Board at its annual meeting to provide for a 

 consulting orchardist. Other acts for the benefit of agriculture 

 were passed, or failed of passage, and will be taken up under 

 the proper headings. 



Milk Legislation. 



There was very little put upon the statute books at the last 



session in the way of milk legislation, though seldom has there 



been a year when so much was attempted. The most important 



measure of the year which failed of ])assage because of the 



