50 BIENNIAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE 



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cil with the City and State governments, civic and trade organizations 

 and industries throughout the State cooperating. The conference was 

 a success and it was decided to make the meeting an annual affair 

 known as the Ohio Valley Safety Conference which embraces the terri- 

 tory of southern Ohio and Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. 



On March 19, 20 and 21, 1929, the inspection staff of the depart- 

 ment attended the fire prevention school, held by the State Depart- 

 ment of Fire Prevention and Rates to learn methods employed in this 

 work and discuss the revised Standards of Safety for fire prevention 

 and removal of fire hazards. 



The Ohio Safety Congress held under the auspices of the Indus- 

 trial Commission of Ohio at Columbus, November 13, 14 and 15, 1928, 

 for the purpose of promoting and discussing accident prevention, was 

 attended by Inspector Hunt and myself. We report we were able by 

 attending this conference, to get a great deal of valuable information, 

 which has been of much help to our department. The members of the 

 Ohio Industrial Commission and its several safety engineers have been 

 very kind and helpful to us in furnishing information and assisting in 

 solving several intricate labor and safety problems. 



Departmental Publications. 



The first publication released by the department under the new 

 administration was a revised edition of Kentucky Laws and Rules 

 pertaining to Children, Labor, Safety and Industry. This publication 

 known as Bulletin 32 contains digests of labor laws, hygienic laws and 

 rules and other pertinent matter. 



We are releasing about July 1, 1929, our Bulletin 34, "Kentucky- 

 Resources and Industries." 



This publication is a comprehensive survey of the natural and 

 mineral resources, industrial statistics, an extensive industrial direc- 

 tory and a complete description by counties, with account of their re- 

 spective industries. 



Chambers of Commerce throughout the State, the Industrial 

 Foundation of Louisville and the Association Industries Organization 

 of Kentucky assisted in collecting the data. 



The book contains articles on Kentucky Forestry, Mineral Re- 

 sources, the Railroads, Contribution to Kentucky, Commercial and In- 

 dustrial Development, Chain Store Grocers, Highways, Telephone In- 

 dustry and Electric Transmission Lines. 



Statistical information, includes building data in the six principal 

 cities of Kentucky, and, tables of firms reported by counties and by 

 industries, showing the amount of business done and value of products 

 manufactured, wages paid and the number of employees for the year 

 1926. 



There is also an extensive directory of Kentucky Industries and 

 descriptive information of all Kentucky counties, with data on popula- 

 tion, mineral resources, surface and soil, water supply, principal in- 



