SEED IMPROVEMENT MEETING. 21/ 



Association hereby instructs its delegates to the Maine Federation of 

 Agricultural Associations to bring before that body for consideration 

 the question as to the desirability of the consolidation of the existing 

 state wide agricultural exhibits into a simple exhibit to be held under 

 the joint auspices of the several associations composing the Federa- 

 tion, and such other associations and organizations as may wish to 

 co-operate in this work, it being understood that no part of this resolu- 

 tion applies to Agricultural Fairs. Pending the settlement of this 

 question it shall be the policy of the Association to make no exhibit 

 before the time of the next annual meeting. 



Resolved: That owing to the difficulty, under present conditions, of 

 bringing about such frequent and fully attended meetings of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee as is desirable for the most efficient promotion of 

 the interests of the Association, it is advisable at this time to amend 

 the Constitution by striking out of Article V, Section 2, the word 

 "five" and substituting therefor the word "three". 



Resolved: That the Executive Committee is hereby instructed to 

 consider carefully the question of premiums and methods of offering 

 premiums at the future annual meetings or such other exhibits as the 

 Association may participate in, with a view to formulating a plan 

 whereby emphasis in making awards shall be placed upon type, yield, 

 and adjustment of crops to local conditions. 



Resolved: That the interests of the Association can be better ad- 

 vanced by the election at this meeting of a visiting member to the 

 College of Agriculture of the University of Maine, and the Maine 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, said visiting member to give his 

 time and the Association to pay his expenses. 



Resoli'cd: That the Executive Committee be empowered and in- 

 structed to plan and as soon as possible embark upon an agressive cam- 

 paign to bring to the attention of the public the merit of the seed now 

 grown and available for sale by members of the Association ; 



Resolved: That the Association hereby expresses its warm appre- 

 ciation and hearty thanks for the aid which has been given it, both in 

 respect to this meeting and in other ways by the Waterville Board of 

 Trade, the IVIaine Central and Bangor and Aroostook railroads, and 

 the newspapers of the State. 



The above report was accepted and the recommendations 

 adopted. 



Mr. Ralph P. Mitchell, instructor in Agriculture at Kent's 

 Hill Seminary, asked the privilege of presenting to the Asso- 

 ciation the matter of boys' and girls' agricultural clubs, which 

 he did in a most interesting and effective manner. The Asso- 

 ciation voted to give encouragement to this movement, in so 

 far as it was able. 



