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before the committee were discussed in full so that the com- 

 mittee had the opinion of the delegates to work upon. Since 

 then the executive committee has had several meetings and at 

 the next annual meeting a full report will be made. We had a 

 stenographic copy of the proceedings but it covered 60 pages of 

 typewritten matter and we had no funds for printing same. I 

 hope we will find some means for having at least a typewritten 

 copy placed in the hands of all the members of the federation, 

 and there are nineteen organizations represented. I think Mr. 

 Pope has raised a point here, although he did not do it directly, 

 with respect to the copies of the record being placed in the 

 hands of the delegates which should receive consideration. I 

 think the members of the Maine Dair}^men's Association and 

 the Elaine Seed Improvement Association would have greater 

 interest if they could have placed before them a complete steno- 

 graphic report of the proceedings of the federation. On the 

 other hand, the delegates from the different associations ought 

 to take rather complete notes of the proceedings so that the asso- 

 ciations making up this federation might be kept in very close 

 contact with it. If I should lay on the table the typewritten 

 report covering 60 pages, not very many of you would read it. 

 It seems to me it is the duty of the delegates to reduce to very 

 definite form the notes taken by them and to carry back to their 

 association as full and complete a report as possible. 



The report of the delegates to the Maine Federation of Agri- 

 cultural ^Associations was accepted and approved. 



Committees were appointed as follows : Committee on reso- 

 lutions, L. C. Holston, L. E. Mclntire, A. E. Hodges; com- 

 mittee to secure new members, F. S. Adams, W. G. Hunton, 

 R. W. Redman ; committee on nominations, Chas. Millett, Ben- 

 jamin Tucker, W. G. Hunton. 



I\Ir. Redman : In view of the fact that the market milk 

 specialist sent here from the Department of Agriculture has 

 presented certain objections to the method of awarding prizes, 

 the method of handling the exhibit, etc., I would ask that that 

 gentleman s,uggest methods for future meetings and that a 

 committee be appointed to confer with him before he goes. If 

 we are not doing the things that we ought, we should get wise. 

 As he is to leave this evening, immediate action is necessary. 



