10 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. No. 4.] 



On motion of Mr. Hartshorn, the following resolution was 

 unanimously adopted : — 



Resolved, That the Massachusetts State Board of As-ri- 

 culture hereby endorses the bill now before Congress, 

 placing oleomargarine under the provisions of the laws of the 

 several States (the bill introduced in the Senate by Senator 

 Hill of New York and in the House of Representatives by 

 Representative Apsley of Massachusetts), and requests the 

 Massachusetts Senators and Representatives to use all proper 

 means to secure its passage. 



Voted, That the secretary be instructed to send a copy 

 of the resolution and the action of the Board to each of the 

 Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State. 



Mr. Geo. M. Whitaker, assistant executive officer of the 

 Dairy Bureau, gave verbally the substance of what the 

 report of the Bureau to the Legislature would contain, and 

 the recommendations that would be made. 



Voted, That the report of the Dairy Bureau as outlined be 

 approved by the Board of Agriculture. 



The meeting was then formally adjourned. 



