xviii BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The Legislature of IDOo also appro})riated $58,000 for 

 exterminating contagious diseases among horses, cattle and 

 other animals ; also $40,000 for com})ensating owners of 

 animals killed in exterminating the foot and mouth disease. 



Press Bulletins. 



The issuing of the press bulletins, consisting of abstracts 

 of the sj)ecial articles in the croj) reports and other im})or- 

 tant })ublications of the Board, has been continued during the 

 year. Li this manner the farmers of the State and others 

 interested in agriculture have been kept informed as to what 

 the Board Avas doing, and what important material it had for 

 free distribution. Believinii' that it is in accord with the 

 l)urposcs for which the Board was established to give the 

 Avidest dissemination })()ssible among our people of what we 

 are trvini^; to do for them, this line of work will be continued 

 and extended as far as possible. 



Respectfull y subi ni tted , 



J. LEWIS ELLSWORTH, 



Secretary. 

 Boston, Jan. 12, 1904, 



