I wish it to be understood here that I am only speaking of the display sides of the show. Other lines of work connected with it will no doubt be covered in the reports of your other officers. And, judging from various remarks heard from outside visitors, I think the whole affair may be regarded as an unqualified success.

I may state further that most of the corn shown was secured by the Museum for use as a permanent exhibit. This was done partly by correspondence and partly by solicitation.

Ohio Valley Exposition.-At the exposition held in Cincinnati during the month of September of the present year, 1910, all the principal railways of the South, with the exception of the Atlantic Coast Line, associated themselves for the purpose of making a collective exhibit of the territory in question, and in this collective Southern display the Department's exhibits were given place. All transportation, and nearly all installation expenses, were borne by the railways, making it possible for the Department to install very creditable exhibits at a minimum. cost.

I went out to Cincinnati and personally superintended the installation of our material. The classification used made it impossible for our exhibits to be shown all together, but no State made a better showing; none as good, in fact. Besides what was sent from here the Southern Railway, the Seaboard Air Line, the Norfolk Southern and the Norfolk and Western all exhibited a lot of material from North Carolina, making altogether a very full and complete presentation of the agricultural, horticultural and mineral resources of the State. A quantity of literature for distribution was forwarded from here, and I have no doubt that much good will result from this effort. It is safe to say that we have never before made anything like the showing made there, at many times the expense.

Mr. Carr went out to look after the packing and returning of the exhibits, and his opinion as to the prospective value of our participation in this exposition agrees, I think, with mine.

State Fair Exhibit. The designing and making of this was placed in my hands by the Commissioner. Eight hundred square feet of floor space was secured at the north end of the new concrete building, though subsequent developments proved that the amount was not sufficient. The idea governing this exhibit was to place before the public a graphic presentation of the work of the Department in its various divisions, and I think, as an initial attempt, that the idea was carried out quite successfully. At any rate, the exhibit was very favorably received and commented on. The several members of the Board who inspected it can give their individual impressions.

The heads and assistants of the various divisions participating collected and supplied most of the material used, and all worked harmoniously with your Curator in an endeavor to make the display a success. My thanks are due to them all, both individually and collectively. If, however, the Board should decide to make this exhibit at the State Fair a regular feature, it will be necessary to secure additional space another

year, as several of the divisions had to eliminate much material of interest and value on this occasion by reason of insufficient space.

Appalachian Exposition. This exposition was held at Knoxville in the fall of 1910. The Department made no direct exhibit there, but one was made by the State Geologist. A small but select lot of economic mineral specimens and building stones was supplied by the Museum for incorporation in this exhibit.

ADDITIONS TO COLLECTIONS.

The various county and local fairs are now regarded as sources of exhibit material along agricultural and horticultural lines. Members of the Department staff make it a practice of visiting most of these fairs annually, and the Museum collections have benefited thereby. Most of the agricultural material exhibited at Cincinnati was secured in this manner, and, as exhibits of this class are not at all permanent in character, it will be wise to continue to secure good material from this

source.

Practically all of the corn exhibited at the Corn Show was secured by the Museum. This was used at Cincinnati and is now back in the Museum cases.

From the State Geologist the Museum has secured collections of value. Some followed the Jamestown exhibits, and, following the Knoxville Exposition, a fine lot of gem material was deposited with us for future display.

It may be noted here that we have a large quantity of minerals, rocks and ores in the storage rooms, but that it is the opinion of both the State Geologist and your Curator that this had better be kept in its present condition until either a new building is provided or the opportunity occurs for a complete rearrangement of our economic and scientific mineral displays.

In the Historical Department of the Museum the work is handled. almost exclusively by Colonel Olds, and his report will cover the work done there. The Museum, however, provides exhibition space, cases and other installation fixtures, as in the other departments.

In the departments of Entomology, Horticulture and Forestry the increase in the collections has not been striking. Some additions have been made, however, and all of these departments are of creditable character. The Forestry Department contains, perhaps, the best exhibits. of native timbers owned by any State in the Union.

The Commercial Fisheries Exhibit needs renewing, to a large extent. Many of the specimens are old and shop-worn, though the collection is still a fine one. It is hoped that a new building in the near future may provide sufficient additional space for this exhibit, so that a complete rearrangement and partial renewal may be undertaken. The present space that can be devoted to this department is now overcrowded with a lot of marine invertebrate and other objects of interest still in storage. In birds and mammals the additions have, perhaps, been largest. This class of exhibits usually requires more time in the preparation of specimens than any other, but, at the same time, it is the one that appeals much more strongly to the average visitor than all others put

together. Naturally the increase in any class of collections follows the demand, and more time, therefore, is devoted to this feature of the educational side of museum work than to others. Nature study being now everywhere regarded as a valuable unit in the educational scheme, we feel that our work along this line is well justified.

In the summer of 1909 the skeleton of a forty-seven-foot Finback Whale was secured from Cape Lookout. This whale came ashore near the point of the cape, and, having received information to that effect, I went down with my assistant, Mr. T. W. Adickes, and made arrangement with a fisherman living near-by to get out the bones. Mr. Adickes stayed at the Cape to superintend the work, and went down again later on to look after the shipment. Nearly all the bones were saved, and an almost complete skeleton is the result. For the past eighteen months the bones have been undergoing a degreasing process in the back yard. of the building. I have lately had them brought in and put in storage. They are in good condition for mounting now, but it is not proposed to do this work until something definite is known as to the likelihood of a new building, as the present animal room already has a large and very heavy Right Whale skeleton hanging from the rafters, and it is doubtful if it would be advisable to add to the present load of the roof

trusses.

Free transportation from Beaufort to Raleigh was given on this specimen by the authorities of the Norfolk Southern Railway.

A large wall case containing specimens of nearly all the wild fowl of the eastern part of the State has been prepared and installed. The specimens used therein were mostly collected on Currituck Sound by Mr. Adickes, the greater part of the mounting being done by the Curator.

Other notable accessions are as follows: A tooth of the mammoth, from the Inland Waterway operations on Core Creek, presented by U. S. Assistant Engineer H. T. Paterson; a large buck to go in the deer group case; a very large diamond rattlesnake, five feet eleven inches long, and of eight pounds weight; a series of eggs from the seabird colonies nesting on the islands of Pamlico Sound, for use in a group illustrating the life histories of those interesting birds. In addition, a large lot of miscellaneous material has been collected and is now in course of preparation. This includes material for our large groups we have in course of preparation besides a number of individual specimens. Several specimens of great rarity have come to hand during the period. In the spring of 1910 I sent Mr. Adickes down to Jones County to look after a deposit of mastodon remains, of which knowledge had come my way. He investigated the find and secured a number of interesting specimens. While there another find was brought to notice in Onslow County, and he transferred his work to that point. I went down there to advise with him as to methods and to outline a plan of campaign, the remains being in a very difficult situation for handling. This work resulted, however, in the securing of a number of the principal bones of the animal, most of them in a good state of preservation.

The work was very difficult, the remains being in the bed of a small stream, from four to eight feet below waterfall, with sunken logs mixed

in above them. This necessitated the building of a coffer dam, and the diversion of the stream over the scene of operations. From this find we secured most of the skull, all the teeth, both tusks and the principal bones of the right hind leg and the left foreleg, of a medium sized mastodon. Other fragments came to light but the work was finally stopped by reason of shortness of funds. It is probable that other parts of the skeleton are there, and I am hoping to be able to take up the work again next spring. A fairly complete mastodon skeleton would be of much interest and value to the Museum, and I am hoping for success.

Other accessions of general interest that may be worthy of mention are the figureheads of the protected cruiser Raleigh and of the armored cruiser North Carolina, and we have in prospect the caring for and exhibiting some of the older and more or less historic fittings from the State Capitol, now in course of removal.

A great deal of the time of the Museum force is necessarily taken up by work that is routine in character, and makes but little show in the way of results as seen by the general run of visitors. This includes all the correspondence and office work, caring for, cleaning and repairing specimens, labeling and cataloguing. But it is all necessary in the upkeep of the Museum, much as it limits the time that might otherwise be devoted to enlarging the collections.

An almost complete catalogue of the contents of the Museum is now in typewritten form.

As stated before we have much material stored away. This is the case in any large museum, and in our case it has been the policy of the management for the past two years not to attempt to finish up and place on exhibition any of the larger groups or specimens until something definite is known in regard to the possibility of a new building. With such building provided, however, great strides forward can be made, and I would once more impress on those having the matter in charge the extreme necessity for a properly arranged, lighted and fireproofed building for the keeping and protection of the valuable collections under my charge.

The attendance is continually growing, and is now estimated to amount to more than a hundred thousand people annually. During the week of the last State Fair I feel confident, after carefully estimating the crowds, that not less than fifteen thousand entered the Museum doors. This is very gratifying, particularly when the fact is considered. that a large proportion of our patrons come from other parts of the State and from beyond the State's borders.

A Museum of the character of ours reaches the people in a way that is often overlooked or not appreciated. By exhibiting the object itself, properly labeled, a lesson is taught that is much more lasting in its effects than the mere reading about it could possibly be. Our function is to convey information on all natural resources and natural history of the State in the plainest way to the greatest number. And, doing this, we hope to grow in size and usefulness.

Respectfully submitted,

H. H. BRIMLEY, Curator.

REPORT OF STATE VETERINARIAN.

Raleigh, N. C.
November 12, 1910.

HON. W. A. GRAHAM, Commissioner of Agriculture, DEAR SIR-I herewith attach the biennial report of the Veterinary and Live Stock Division.

Very truly yours,

W. G. CHRISMAN,

State Veterinarian.

November 12, 1910.

HON. W. A. GRAHAM, Commissioner of Agriculture,

Raleigh, N. C.

DEAR SIR-Pursuant to your request I herewith make the following report of the Veterinary and Live Stock Division:

CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

No unusual or serious outbreak of contagious diseases has occurred in the State in the last two years. It being the province of this Division to handle only contagious diseases, except through correspondence, we have investigated all outbreaks of contagious diseases reported, and given treatment in these cases and stamped out the infection. In the case of noninfectious diseases we have prescribed through correspondence, having written hundreds of prescriptions.

GLANDERS.

Several isolated outbreaks of glanders have occurred, but by immediate attention and proper quarantining these outbreaks have been controlled and the infection prevented from spreading further.

TUBERCULOSIS.

The work of stamping out tuberculosis has met with very fine results, and we continue testing animals under the same agreement which has been in vogue for some years. We are working in co-operation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It furnishes the tuberculin and we, in return, compensate by furnishing a copy of our temperature chart. Numbers of herds have been tested by this Division, the diseased animals removed and, in the majority, slaughtered under our supervision, and clean herds maintained. We find the percentage of tubercular animals is rapidly decreasing. The penitentiary, the asylums and educational institutions under State control are availing themselves of this opportunity to eradicate disease.

CATTLE QUARANTINE AND TICK ERADICATION.

In addition to co-operating with the Federal authorities in maintaining a cattle quarantine line across the State, through the effect of which a large number of western counties are enabled to reap the benefits of their freedom from ticks, in an unrestricted cattle traffic, the Department has continued the work of tick eradication. The work during the