ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Ohio State Board of Agriculture

For the Year 1907

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

Columbus, March 1, 1908.

To the General Assembly of Ohio:

GENTLEMEN:-In accordance with the directions of Sections 3693 and 3694, of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, the Ohio State Board of Agriculture herewith submits its sixty-second annual report, which contains all the transactions of the board for the year 1907.

There will also be found in this report copy of all bulletins published by the various divisions of this Department during 1907, as directed and provided by your honorable body, with the exception of the Report on Commercial Fertilizers, which we were permanently enjoined from publishing.

The Ohio State Board of Agriculture is endeavoring to perform the duties prescribed for it in an honest, fearless, upright and conscientious manner.

The State Fair of 1907 was the most successful ever held in Ohio, both from an educational and financial standpoint, the net earnings being twenty-seven thousand dollars, which the Board expects to use in improvements on grounds, including a Men's Comfort Station, and covered walks connecting live stock buildings, etc. These improvements will not only increase the value of the property, but will be greatly appreciated by the patrons of the Fair.

The members of the State Board of Agriculture feel that they should use every effort to improve the agricultural interests of Ohio, and earnestly request your hearty support and co-operation in this great work.