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secretaries, R. D. Leavitt, Auburn ; T. B. Bradford, Golden 

 Ridge ; W. W. Harmon, Falmouth ; C. E. Wheeler, Chesterville ; 

 J. A. Peters, Ellsworth; Otis Header, Albion; O. Gardner, 

 Rockland; A. C. Fossett, Bristol; J. A. Roberts, Norway; C. L. 

 Jones, Corinna; F. W. Leland, East Sangerville; B. M. Patten, 

 Topsham; H. B. Ellis, Embden; E. C. Dow, Belfast; A. E. 

 Lincoln, Dennysville ; F. B. Pike, Cornish; member of Advisory 

 Council of Experiment Station, Rutillus Alden. 



A committee on resolutions was appointed by the chair, con- 

 sisting of R. Alden, W. G. Hunton and W. D. Hurd. 



The following series of prizes was offered by Dr. G. M. 

 Twitchell, Auburn, to be competed for at the State Dairy Con- 

 ference to be held in 1908: Best trace of yellow flint corn 

 grown by a boy 18 years old or less, $5.00, $3.00 and $2.00. 

 Best ear of yellow fiint corn grown by a boy 18 years old or 

 less, $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00. These prizes were offered under 

 the following conditions : Only one entry in each class to be 

 allowed an exhibitor; single ears exhibited to become the proj 

 erty of the association and to be sold at auction before the close 

 of the Conference, on condition that the seed shall be kept by 

 itself, planted away from other fields of corn, and that the party 

 purchasing shall agree to exhibit a trace raised from this seed at y 



the Conference in 1909, together with a full statement in regard 

 to its growth. All exhibits to be conditioned upon the com- 

 petitor furnishing at time of entry a full and complete statement 

 of quality and kind of soil, amount of fertilizer used, and all 

 other facts connected with the growth of this crop, that the 

 information may be of service to others. 



It was stated that the object of this competition was to stim- 

 ulate .interest among the young men on Maine farms, increase 

 the corn crop of the State, and to produce in years to come a 

 variety of corn known to produce vitality and hardiness, and 

 thus by critical selection to secure a kind of corn especially 

 adapted to our State. 



Voted, that the matter be left with the secretary, who shall 

 attend to the necessary details and call the attention of the 

 people of Maine to the matter in any way he thinks proper. 



A rising vote of thanks was extended to the retiring secretary, 

 Mr. L. W. Dyer, for the efficient manner in which he had per- 

 formed the duties of his office during his long term of service ; 



