2l6 agriculture: of MAINE. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



Your committee desires to report the following resolutions 

 to the Association : 



Resok'cd: That while the Association shall continue its special work 

 with corn, potatoes, and small grains it shall also undertake more 

 definite work with beans and such other crops as vegetables, vetch, and 

 alfalfa, the plan of such work to be outlined by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Resolved: That in the opinion of the Association the most urgent 

 need at the present time for the improvement of the crops of Maine is 

 to obtain exact scientific knowledge as to what varieties or strains of 

 seeds of our common crops are best suited to the local conditions of 

 soil and climate in different parts of the State. To this end the Asso- 

 ciation would recommend the carrying out as soon as possible of accu- 

 rate, scientific, and widely distributed variety tests of the best strain of 

 seed now to be obtained in any part of the world. As a beginning of 

 this work the Association would endorse the co-operative variety tests 

 of oats now being conducted by the Maine Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, and desires to record its willingness to co-operate in these tests, 

 and would urge the extension of such tests to other crops at as early 

 a date as may be feasible. 



Resolved: That the Association recognizes and hereby expresses its 

 appreciation of the impetus given to the promotion of the objects of 

 this body, and the service rendered to the agriculture of the State by 

 the Maine Corn and Fruit Show, and those who planned and executed 

 it. 



Resolved: That the Association shall keep in close touch with and 

 give its support wherever and whenever possible to the eflforts now 

 "being made to secure Federal aid in behalf of agriculture in each state; 



Resolved: That the Association endorses fully and heartily the 

 •objects for which the Maine Federation of Agricultural Associations 

 has been formed, and that it will elect at this time as many delegates to 

 the Federation as its membership allows. 



Resolved: That it is the opinion of this Association that the present 

 tendency to multiply separate agricultural exhibits in the State is un- 

 fortunate, because of the expense in time and money involved, and 

 ■because of the distribution and dissipation of interest consequent upon 

 holding many small exhibits widely separated as to time and place. It 

 is our opinion that such interests will be more efficiently furthered by 

 a policy of concentration rather than one of separation. Therefore the 



