No. 4.] KEPORT OF SECRETARY. xv 



Cattle Bureau. 

 This Board and its secretary has no control over this 

 Bureau, though it is denominated in the law creating it as a 

 Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, — certainly an 

 extraordinary condition of affairs. The report of the Chief 

 of the Cattle Bureau is by law included in this volume, and 

 will be found printed elsewhere. 



State Forester. 



The State Forester is made a member of this Board by 

 the law creating the office, which also provides that his 

 report be printed in this volume. In my report of last 

 year I pointed out certain defects in the law, in my judgment, 

 nor has the additional experience of the year led me to 

 modify the strictures I then passed in any i)articular. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



This institution suffered a severe loss during the year by 

 the death of its president, Plenry H. Goodell, M.A., LL.D., 

 on April 24, 1905 . Dr. Goodell had given the best years 

 of his life to the college, and under his efficient guidance it 

 had grown from humble beginnings to a high place among 

 the educational institutions of the Commonwealth and the 

 nation. Those who knew him best loved him most and best 

 appreciated his sterling qualities of heart and mind. 



During the year the new horticultural building has been 

 erected, and is now in use. Other buildings are imperatively 

 needed by the college, notably a building for the botanical 

 department, greenhouses, and a new barn to take the place 

 of the one destroyed by fire. These buildings will be asked 

 for from the General Court by the Board of Trustees, making, 

 Avith other necessary improvements, an extensive budget, 

 but one every item of which is essential to enable the college 

 to fulfil its mission as an educator of the youth of the Com- 

 monwealth. I would urge upon the Legislature the necessity 

 of dealing with our college in a liberal spirit, and would call 

 the attention of the members of the Board to the duty 

 incumbent ujion each of them of making sure that his local 

 senator and representative fully understand the situation. 



