xxviii BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Apiary Inspection. 

 This department has performed its work in a very satisfactory 

 manner, and has covered much new territory which it has been 

 impossible to reach in other years owing to the small force of 

 inspectors. It is gratifying to know that in sections where this 

 work has been going on longest, bee diseases have practically 

 been wiped out; and just as soon as we can better control the 

 shipment of bees into our State, just so much sooner may we 

 expect to keep the State entirely clean. To this end it is 

 recommended that an amendment to the present law be 

 enacted providing that transportation companies, common 

 carriers and other persons bringing broods of bees into the 

 State be required to notify the State Inspector of Apiaries 

 immediately of such shipments in order that, if deemed neces- 

 sary, they may be inspected. It is also recommended that the 

 salary of the State Inspector of Apiaries be fixed at $500 per 

 annum instead of So per diem as at present. This will accord 

 with the nursery inspection law. The department is asking for 

 $1,000 more this year to carry on the work, as a larger force of 

 inspectors is necessary in order to cover the ground quickly. 



The Dairy Bureau. 

 The Bureau has been particularly active the past season, and 

 its work is becoming more and more effective. Cases of fraud 

 against tlie dairy laws have been prosecuted vigorously, and 

 while old offenders of this type are driven from their ways, 

 there seems to be a certain number of new ones always coming 

 along. The second year's work on encouragement of dairying 

 will be reported fully by the Bureau. Mr. Harwood, the 

 general agent, was sent to Europe to study dairy conditions 

 there, and while he was able to visit only the Channel Islands 

 and Great Britain, owing to the outbreak of the war, his trip 

 was of great value, inasmuch as he was able to compare con- 

 ditions with a first-hand knowledge. ^Ir. Harwood has also 

 visited some of the New England States in connection with the 

 Chamber of Commerce investigation, and is contemplating a 

 trip through southern Canada in the spring. We have got to 

 know more about conditions surrounding us, for the future of 



