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contain the various details of the work. The Bureau has 

 appHed for an increase of $2,000 in the appropriation for this 

 work, which would make an annual appropriation of $10,000. 

 The efficiency and importance of the work of this Bureau is 

 sufficient justification for the granting of this request, and I 

 feel that the granting of this additional amount will result in 

 an enlargement of the work which is already being done, and 

 this can only be a benefit to the dairy interests of Massachusetts. 



The Cattle Bureau. 

 The above is the former title of what is now, in reality as well 

 as in name, a separate and distinct organization from this 

 Board, the Department of Animal Industry. While the estab- 

 lishment of such a department is not in accord with that highly 

 commendable policy of consolidation and co-operation which 

 is productive of the largest results for the agriculture of the 

 Commonwealth, it is hoped that under the present arrange- 

 ment the control of contagious animal diseases may receive 

 the attention which is essential to the best welfare of the agri- 

 cultural interests of the State. 



State Forester. 

 The annual report of the State Forester will appear in " Agri- 

 culture of Massachusetts for 1912," and he will report in per- 

 son at the annual meeting of the Board. The State Forester 

 is very properly directing much of his attention to the develop- 

 ment of forestry methods in Massachusetts, and so far as is 

 possible and practicable, is endeavoring to secure the co- 

 operation of the various cities and towns in the work of sup- 

 pression of the gJTpsy and brown-tail moths. The original 

 purpose of the office of the State Forester was the promotion 

 of modern methods of forestry, which would not only conserve 

 our forest supply, but would add to the value of this very im- 

 portant resource, and the State Forester is earnestly seeking 

 to carry out this plan; the success which attends his various 

 efforts is very gratifying. 



State Ornithologist. 

 The different phases of the work of the State Ornithologist 

 have progressed very favorably during the past year. The 



