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velopment of this section upon broad constructional lines. 

 Looking to the future, our plan must embrace many things to 

 be covered in the years to come, and, by taking up some detail 

 of it each year, we must try to build the whole structure upon 

 a permanent basis. This plan would have to consider co- 

 operation with the Federal government in reclamation work; 

 the drainage of our river swamps and marshes; the building of 

 better roads and canals; the marketing of our crops; and the 

 co-operation of our farmers in the sale and purchase of goods. 

 New England products should be advertised in the markets of 

 the world, and to this end we should maintain a bureau of 

 exhibits supported by all the New England States, and send 

 this exhibit to all parts of the country, and, as occasion de- 

 mands, to all parts of the world. Massachusetts should be the 

 leader in this movement, and this Department has within its 

 power the accomplishment of much that will be of agricultural 

 value to Massachusetts and the other New England States. 

 In conclusion I recommend the following: — 



1. That the agricultural law be codified. 



2. That the feed and fertilizer control work be transferred from the 

 agricultural college to the Department of Agriculture. 



3. That all statutory salaries in the Department be abolished, mth the 

 exception of the commissioner's. 



4. That the salary of the commissioner be fixed at $5,000. 



5. That a division of plant industry be created to take over the present 

 work of the Nursery Inspector and Inspector of Apiaries. 



6. That certain change^ in the apple grading law be made to conform 

 with the grading laws of the other New England States. 



7. That a division of markets be created. 



8. That a division of reclamation, colonization and soil survey be 

 created. 



9. That a dairy division be created. 



10. That the law authorizing the Department to give prizes for agri- 

 cultural exhibits be broadened so as to include the products of the domestic 

 arts. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WILFRID WHEELER, 



Commissioner. 



