SEED IMPROVEMENT MEETING. 237 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



It is with pleasure that the secretary submits his report at the 

 first annual meeting of the JMaine Seed Improvement Associa- 

 tion. It is a pleasure, first, because the movement for improv- 

 ing the crops of the State has met with such generous and en- 

 thusiastic support; second, because the work already accom- 

 plished promises much for the future and gives us encourage- 

 ment to organize the work for the coming year on a more per- 

 manent and safe basis. 



The members have paid their dues for the year 1910 and 

 several of them for 191 1. The total receipts have been $69.50. 

 This amount has been paid to the treasurer and the secretary 

 holds his receipt for the same. 



Early in the year the executive committee prepared, under 

 advice from the Experiment Station, the College of Agriculture 

 and Department of Agriculture, a series of report blanks for 

 different farm crops and also seed breeding work in corn and 

 potatoes. The Department of Agriculture also very kindly 

 sent out to such members as desired to undertake the ear row 

 test, ten ears of selected corn. It is still too early to have the 

 reports, which are now coming in from the members, tabulated 

 in proper form. Later this will be done and will furnish some 

 very interesting data on which to shape up and plan future 

 work. It is with considerable pride that the secretary brings 

 to the attention of the association the success of the exhibit 

 made by the association at the New England Corn Show held 

 at Worcester, November 7-12 inclusive. That exhibit was con- 

 tributed to by forty-five of our members and included 214 

 samples, made up as follows : 



Corn, 



95 

 Oats of all varieties, 45 



