132 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Resolved, That the proposed bill for removing the election of 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture from politics be endorsed by 

 this Association and that a committee of three be appointed by 

 the president to represent this Association in pursuance of such 

 a bill. 



We recommend that these resolutions be given full recog- 

 nition, and committees duly appointed to carry out their needs. 



Respectfully submitted, 



l. c. holston, 

 Owen Smith, 

 C. D. Woods, 



Committee. 



Voted to adopt the report of the committee. 

 The nominating committee presented the following names 

 for officers for the ensuing year. 



President, H. M. Moulton, Cumberland Center. 

 Vice-presidents : 



Androscoggin, C. R. Leland, Mechanic Falls, R. F. D. 2. 



Aroostook, W. R. Christie, Caribou. 



Cumberland, C. E. Cobb, Denmark. 



Franklin, C. P. Hamlin, East Wilton. 



Hancock, C. W. Shea, Bar Harbor. 



Kennebec, R. O. Jones, Winslow. 



Knox, George E. Nash, Camden. 



Lincoln, William Taylor, Wiscasset. 



Oxford, A. D. Cummins, South Paris. 



Penobscot, E. M. Atkins. Dexter. 



Piscataquis, S. R. Woodward, Sebec Station. 



Sagadahoc, W. M. Dingley, Richmond (P. O. Gardiner). 



Somerset, L. G. Trafton, Skowhegan. 



Waldo, S. A. Piper, Troy. 



Washington, Mrs. B. B. Mansfield, Jonesport. 



York, Herbert Coffin, Berwick. 

 * Secretary 

 Treasurer, A. H. Ellis, Fairfield. 



*The secretaryship was left open, to be filled later by the executive 

 committee, when the position di Extension Instructor in dairying, left 

 vacant by the resignation of N. C. Sherwood, shall have been filled. 



