State Fair: 



Under the Division of State Pair certain figures and comparisons 

 have been made that should receive the closest scrutiny of the mem- 

 bers of the General Assembly, that Kentucky shall make the progress 

 that other states are making. I have submitted figures showing the 

 amounts appropriated by the State, the value of property, the inade- 

 quacy of maintenance fund, premium fund, and annual appropriation 

 for new buildings and buildings needed. 



Labor Department: 



Under this Division attention is called to the number of employees, 

 the growing demand for their service, the field of their usefulness, and 

 the necessity of more appropriation if Labor is to receive due and 

 careful consideration. 



Live Stock Sanitary Board: 



Due to advanced and progressive ideas in Live Stock Sanitation 

 now existing and the field for greater work along lines of research and 

 investigation, in which this department should be cooperating and to 

 facilitate work now in hand such as eradication of tuberculosis and 

 control of sheep scab. The appropriation for this department should 

 be $50,000.00 annually. 



Kentucky Forest Service: 



On the meager sum of $15,000.00 annually the department cannot 

 meet the growing demands on it, nor cooperate fully with the U. S. 

 Department of Forestry. Additional field personnel are needed to 

 promulgate the forestry idea, to teach the fuller utilization of aban- 

 doned farm lands in the growing of timber, to properly watch and 

 protect over 9,500,000 acres of land classified solely for timber. Addi- 

 tional State funds are also needed for the enlargement of our State 

 forest tree nursery and for the securing of the necessary personnel 

 that our State forest land may be administered fully and return a 

 dividend into the State's treasury. 



Department of Agriculture: 



A sufficient sum should be appropriated to put into effect a Pure 

 Seed Law for Kentucky. There is now a very good seed law on the 

 Statute books, but the Legislature has provided no funds for its en- 

 forcement or employment of seed analysts to make proper inspection 

 of seeds offered for sale in this State. This being a regulatory meas- 

 ure should be placed in the Department of Agriculture for enforcement, 

 and sufficient funds provided for fulfilling its provisions. 



Dog Law: 



The sheep industry has now reached a commanding position, in 

 Kentucky. The greatest menace to its growth is from the homeless 



