164 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



A business meeting of the Association was held at 1.30 P. M., 

 for the election of officers and other business. 



The following report was given by the treasurer : 



December 5, 1907, amount on hand $82 82 



December 26, 1907, received from L. S. 



Merrill 36 00 



January 10, 1908, received from L. S. Merrill 10 00 $128 82 



December 6, 1907, paid B. C. Brett $3 75 



December 6, 1907, paid B. C. Brett, expenses 



at Auburn 21 75 



100 banquet tickets i 00 



December 10, 1908, bill for badges 9 60 



L. S. Merrill, banquet tickets 2 00 



Maine Farmer Publishing Company 3 00 41 10 



Amount on hand $87 "j^ 



The report of the secretary was read and approved. Officers 

 were elected as follows : President, F. S. Adams, Bowdoin- 

 ham ; vice president, W. G. Hunton, Readfield ; secretary, Leon 

 S. Merrill, Solon ; treasurer, R. Alden, Winthrop ; trustee, W. 

 K. Hamlin, South Waterford ; corresponding secretaries, L. H. 

 Blossom, Turner ; Ira Porter, Houlton ; John Buckley, Stroud- 

 water ; H. W. Fuller, Jay ; J. A. Peters, Ellsworth ; Chas. S. 

 Pope, ]\Ianchester ; E. E. Light, Union ; A. C. Fossett, Bristol ; 

 Benjamin Tucker, Norway; C. L. Jones, Corinna; F. W. 

 Leland, East Sangerv'ille ; John F. Buker, Bowdoinham; C. H. 

 Doe, Fairfield; E. C. Dow, Belfast; David Campbell, Cherry- 

 field ; John Pease, Cornish ; member of advisory council of 

 Experiment Station, Rutillus Alden. 



Dr. Woods. There is one thing I wish to mention, in con- 

 nection with this Association as well as with the State Pomo- 

 logical Society, and that is, that we depend almost wholly for 

 the money for running expenses upon our annual membership 

 fees, and the annual membership, as far as my observation goes, 

 is dependent upon those who happen to be present at the partic- 



