232 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9— CLOSING BUSINESS 



SESSION. 



IlEPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



To the Maine Dairymen's Association: 



Your committee on resolutions, to whom was referred the 

 recommendations made by the secretary, have given the matter 

 careful consideration and beg leave to submit the following 

 resolutions : 



Resolved, that the live stock and dairy interests of the State are of 

 sufficient importance to demand a revision of the classification and 

 premium lists offered by the several agricultural fairs in the State and 

 that the revision of the classification and premium lists should receive 

 the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 



Resolved, that the agricultural interests in the State of Maine can be 

 best served by the closest co-operation of the various agricultural soci- 

 eties in the State and that the director of extension work at the Univer- 

 siy of Maine be asked to call a conference of the same. 



Resolved, that there is a need of demonstration work on farms in the 

 various agricultural communities and that the College of Agriculture at 

 the University of Maine be asked to establish this as one form of exten- 

 sion work. 



Resolved, that the Dairy Institutes held in different counties in the 

 State were a great source of benefit to the dairy interests and that they 

 be continued during the coming year. 



Resolved, that the judging contests of live stock and farm products at 

 the various agricultural fairs in the State are of educational value and 

 should constitute a part of the annual program of each fair. 



Resolved, that the Dairymen's Association re-affirms its endorsement 

 of the present work being done in our State by the Cow Test Associa- 

 tions and the local Co-operative Breeders' Associations. We recommend 

 that this work should be extended as fast as possible. 



Resolved, that this association heartily and most emphatically endorses 

 the work of the Extension Department at the State University. We 

 recognize the importance and value of extension work; that it means 

 the carrying of information directly to the farmers of the State. It is 

 a work that is filling a long felt want and we recommend that the scope 

 of the present work be enlarged as fast as possible. 



Resolved, that for the stimulation of the minds of the boys and girls 

 engaged in agricultural and animal husbandrj', a suitable prize, or prizes, 

 be awarded for the best essays written on these and like subjects. 



