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Which hitter resolution the committee endorse and recommend its adop- 

 tion. 



C J. Monroe. 

 L. D. "Wat KINS. 

 N. A. Beecher. 



Speaking as to the latter resolution, President Willits said that is;75,000 

 were appropriated by the department of agriculture for such purposes, but 

 he did not know how it had been expended. He meant to find out and have 

 it properly applied. The system should be extended and encouraged by 

 the United States government. 



Mr. Glidden: I was deejDly stirred with indignation when I heard this. 

 It is said to have come from farmers who feared the system would become 

 harmful to them through its use by speculators, but no theory could be 

 more fallacious. Farmers should know enough to use the reports to their 

 own advantage. 



Having pleasantly spent the afternoon to its later hours, the society made 

 final adjournment. 

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