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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



more accurate data, and get them more quickly, it would be 

 better to use tbe money in some other way. To this end I 

 would suggest a weekly letter, containing market quotations 

 on the principal crops, together with some topics of vital in- 

 terest to our farmers. 



Publication of Annual Report. 



The Board voted at Springfield to accept the recommenda- 

 tion of the secretary regarding the publication of the annual 

 report, which in brief is as follows : — 



That tJiere shall be printed for distribution 5,000 copies 

 of the report as it is at present, but without the experiment 

 station report, and that there shall be printed separate copies 

 of all papers and lectures for general distribution, in such 

 numbers as may be deemed necessary by the secretary. The 

 reason for this recommendation is that very often persons 

 coming to the office wish only one bulletin and now have to 

 take away the whole volume. There would also be consider- 

 able money saved in mailing and in printing, and the follow- 

 ing table will show the approximate saving, both in pages 

 and money cost. The present cost of printing" the annual re- 

 port is $6,000 and the estimated cost of the new book would 

 be $3,250, thus leaving a balance of $2,750 to be used in 

 printing separates from the reports for wider distribution. 



Legislative Appropriations. 



1 Jointly with State Board of Health. 



