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member of the Experiment Station Council, F. S. x^dams, Bow- 

 doinham. 



The following communication from the Bangor Chamber of 

 Commerce was read by Mr. Copeland : 



"Will you please convey to the Maine Dairymen's Association, 

 the Maine Seed Improvement Association and the Maine Live 

 Stock Breeders' ^Association, a cordial invitation from Bangor 

 Chamber of Commerce to hold the annual meeting of these asso- 

 ciations in Bangor in 1917. This organization will hold itself in 

 readiness to assist in every way possible to make the meeting in 

 Bangor an unqualified success and we trust we will have an 

 early 'response notifying us of the acceptance of this invitation. 



Yours very truly, 



BANGOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 



W. A. Hennessy, Secretary." 



Voted, to refer the communication from the Bangor Chamber 

 of Commerce to the Executive Committee. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolved, That this association favors legislative action that 

 looks to the removal of the appointment of the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture from the sphere of politics and the continuity of 

 ofifice and, hereby, instructs its executive committee to work in 

 cooperation with the committees from other organizations to 

 that end. 



Resolved, That the Maine Dairymen's Association endorses 

 the County Demonstration work as carried out under the direc- 

 tion of the College of Agriculture, and strongly urges the in- 

 crease o f state support to keep pace with the amounts available 

 from the Federal Government, under the provisions of the 

 Smith-Lever act, in order that this demonstration work may 

 •be rapidly extended into the other counties of the state. 



Resolved, That this association heartily endorses and will 

 give every possible aid to the securing of an appropriation for a 

 new dairy building ait the University of Maine. 



