No. L] 



UKPOKT or SlOCkKTAKV 



\\ II 



houtsc construction aiul nuuiagcincnt,'" l)y Prof. S. T. May- 

 Hard ; and the special report on " Tree surgery," by Edward 

 Howe Forbusli. 



liKOISLATION. 



Tlie leirislation of WHY.] iiavinj; referenda to the lioard of" 

 Aiiriculture or to the niiricultural societies was: '•'An Acl 

 nuiking a])[)ropriations tor sundry agricultural ex[)enses "' 

 (Acts of liK).), chapter 8i)) ; "An Act making an appro- 

 priation for externiinating contagious diseases among horses, 

 cattle and oth(>r animals" (Acts of liM);?, chapter .SI): a 

 "' Resolve to provide for the further dissemination of useful 

 information in agriculture" (Resolves of 190o, chai)ter 27) : 

 and a "Resolve to provide for compensating owners of ani- 

 mals killed in exterminating: the foot and mouth disease " 

 (Resolves of 1U()3, chapter 88). 



Legislative AppKorRiATiONS : Board of Aguicultithe. 



ODJECTS for which APPRdl'RIATED. 



1903. 



Appropriated. 



Used. 



Bounties to societies. 



Salaries of secretary ami rlerks, 



Travelling and necessary ex- 

 penses of Board, 



TiCetures before tlie Board, etc., 



Dissemination of iist'ful infoi*- 

 mation in agrienlture, . 



Travelling and necessary ex- 

 penses of the secretary of the 

 Board, ..... 



Trinting 15,000 copies of ".\gri- 

 culture of ^Massachusetts," 

 Pul). Doc. No. 4, . 



Work of the Dairy I'.nrcau, in- 

 iduding salaries, . 



Printing 2,000 copies "History 

 and hal)its of the ])ro\vn-tail 

 moth," . . . . 



State nursei-y inspection, . 



]\[-spikes for marking shade 

 trees in cities. 



Incidental and contingent ex- 

 penses, . . . . 



Totals, . . . . 



819,800 00 



6,200 00 



],,■)()() (H) 



(iOO 00 



2,700 00 



500 00 



n.OOO 00 

 S,200 00 



1,000 00 

 1,000 00 



100 00 



800 00 



817,939 51 

 6,200 00 



1,285 17 

 559 51 



2,688 76 



:;21 09 



5,5:59 75 



8,200 00 



999 37 

 904 79 



100 00 



800 00 



1901. 



Apprnpriatod. 



$48,400 00 



$45,537 95 



$18,000 ()(t 



6,200 (HI 



1,500 00 



(;oo 00 



2.700 00 



;)Oo 00 



(■.,0()0 00 

 S,200 00 



1,000 00 



800 00 



$45,500 00 



