DAIRY AND SEED IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS. 2/1 



absolutely essential to the proper development of the teaching 

 and experimental work of the University. 



Resolved, That this association notes with great satisfaction 

 that the Smith-Lever bill providing for the support of exten- 

 sion work in each state was passed at the last session of Con- 

 gress, thus providing for a considerable development of exten- 

 sion work in Maine; and that further, this association will, as 

 an association and through its individual members, make every 

 effort in the direction of ensuring that appropriate legislative 

 action isi taken in this state so that Maine may secure the maxi- 

 mum federal appropriation under the Smith-Lever Act. 



Resolved, That the joint meetings of the Maine Seed Im- 

 provement Association and the Maine Dairymen's Association 

 have been a great success, and it is the sense of the association 

 that such joint meetings should be continued in the future. 



Resolved, That the Maine Seed Improvement Association 

 endorses the county demonstration work as carried on under 

 the direction of the College of Agriculture, and that we would 

 strongly urge the desirability of extending this work as much 

 as possible. 



Resolved, That the time has now come when the best inter- 

 ests of the Maine Seed Improvement Association demand that 

 the annual dues be raised from 50 cents which they now are, 

 to $1.00, this change to become effective at the 191 5 meeting. 



Resolved, That the association recommends and will give its 

 hearty support to a general educational campaign looking 

 towards the control and ultimate eradication of the powdery 

 scab disease of potatoes, believing that such educational cam- 

 paign is an essential addition to the measures already in oper- 

 ation under federal and state auspices looking towards the 

 same end. 



Resolved, That the association appreciates the eft'orts of the 

 Bangor Chamber of Commerce, the citizens of Bangor, the 

 press, the exhibitors, and all others who have assisted in mak- 

 ing this meeting such a success. 



Dr. Raymond Pearl, 

 Albert E. Hodges^ 

 C. A. Day, 



Committee. 



