ANNUAL REPORT TO HIS EXCELLENCY, C. J. BELL, GOVERNOR OF VERMONT. IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 247, CHAPTER 21 OF THE GEN- MIT HEREWITH THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1905. AN ACT IN RELATION TO OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC AN ACT IN RELATION TO COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF DAIRYMEN, RELATING TO AN ACT IN RELATION TO CREAMERIES AND CHEESE FACTORIES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF the Same. AN ACT TO PROTECT MILK DEALERS AND CONSUMERS IN RE- AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF CONCENTRATED COMMER- AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. VARIOUS PAPERS, DISCUSSIONS AND ADDRESSES. MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 1905 and 1906. His Excellency, C. J. BELL, Walden. MATTHEW H. BUCKHAM, President University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burling ton, Chairman. GEORGE AITKEN, Woodstock, Secretary. ERNEST HITCHCOCK, Pittsford. DANA H. MORSE, Randolph. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRINTING OF THE REPORT OF THE VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: Section I. Section two hundred and forty-seven of the Vermont Statutes shall be amended so as to read as follows: The Secretary shall prepare on or before the 30th day of June annually, a detailed report of the proceedings of the Board with such suggestions in regard to its duties and the advancement of the interests herein specified as may seem pertinent, and he may append thereto such abstracts of the proceedings of the several agricultural societies, and farmers' clubs in the State as may be advisable, and the report of the Vermont Dairymen's Association. The report shall show under separate heads the work of the Board relating to the different subjects herein mentioned. Sec. 2. The provisions of section two hundred and fiftyone of Vermont Statutes requiring the printing of a report by the Vermont Dairymen's Association is hereby repealed. Approved November 24, 1896. Section 245. The Governor, the President of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, and three other persons appointed by the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate during each biennial session of the General Assembly and who shall hold their office for the term of two years from and after the first day of December in the year in which the appointment is made, shall constitute the Board of Agriculture for the improvement of the general interests of husbandry, the promotion of agricultural education throughout the State, and for the discharge of such other duties as are hereinafter set forth; vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the Governor. Said Board shall appoint from its number a Secretary. Sec. 246. The Board shall hold one meeting in each county annually, and others if deemed expedient, and may em |