176 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY, 

 :\IAINE SEED LAIPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 



To flic mciiibn's of the Maine Seed Improzriiicnt Association: 



In many respects the past year has been an exceptionally 

 important one in the work of our Association. It has been one 

 full of anxiety to the officers and a greater appreciation of the 

 magnitude of the work undertaken has come to us all. The 

 problems that have arisen have not. however, lessened the Sec- 

 retary's faith either in the need for aggressive work along the 

 lines undertaken or the ultimate success of our efforts. This 

 phase of the proposition will be discussed in another section of 

 this report and will therefore give place for the present to 

 other items of interest as follows : 



I — Meetings of the Executive Committee. During the year 

 two meetings of the Executive Committee have been held — 

 May I2th at Auburn, and September 5th at Lewiston. At the 

 first meeting a tentative program was prepared and a part of 

 the premiums definitely decided upon. The Secretary was 

 instructed to provide some means for registering the names and 

 addresses of all persons attending the annual meeting of the 

 Association. 



On motion of Dr. Twitchell, who in making the motion stated 

 his belief that the Association should consider and work out 

 plans for producing and exhibiting the various seeds and vege- 

 tables, the purpose being the establishment of a system of 

 growing and exhibiting which will insure a uniformly superior 

 grade of seed, it was voted that a special committee should be 

 appointed by the President to take under consideration this 

 phase of the Association work and to make a definite report at 

 the annual meeting of the Association. In conformity with this 

 instruction the President appointed the following committees: 



