/O AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



work for the year 19 13 was closed and matters in regard to 

 the work for 19 14 were taken iij). 



vV coninumication from the American Pomological Society 

 was referred to our next annual meeting. 



\'oted to accept the invitation from the Bangor Chamber of 

 Commerce, provided that President Conant and Mr. Keyser 

 could make suitable arrangements. 



The secretary was instructed to purchase two hundred bul- 

 letins on Fertilization of Orchards, by Prof. J. P. Stewart, and 

 to distribute them among the fruit growers of Maine. (Only 

 fifty could be procured, which were mailed to a few of the fruit 

 growers of Maine.) 



The matter of field meetings was left with the president and 

 secretary. 



Voted to have the treasurer give $1,000 bond. 



The second meeting of the executive committee was called to 

 meet in Auburn, February 24. The premium list was revised 

 and other matters in regard to our field meetings were talked 

 over. 



The first field meeting w^as held in the Grange hall, Cornish, 

 April 15. The following program was carried out: 



George A. Yeaton gave a talk on setting, grafting and pruning 

 of orchards. 



F. H. Morse spoke on spraying; E. E. Conant, on foreign 

 markets, and W. H. Conant, on cultivation of orchards and co- 

 .operation. 



A good many questions were asked and an enthusiastic meet- 

 ing was enjoyed by the one hundred and twenty-five that were 

 present. 



A second field meeting was held in the Grange hall, Monroe, 

 with the following speakers : 



G. A. Yeaton, on pruning, grafting and the treatment of apple 

 tree diseases ; W. H. Conant, on cultivation and fertilization ; 

 A. K. Gardner, on advertising the apple ; H. P. Sweetsir, on 

 spraying; Prof. B. S. Brown, on box packing; E. E. Conant, on 

 foreign markets. 



There were seventy-five people in attendance who were inter- 

 ested along the lines of fruit culture and many questions were 

 asked of the different speakers. 



