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The report of the secretary was accepted and the recom- 

 mendations contained therein referred to a committee on reso- 

 lutions appointed as follows : Chas. S. Pope, A. L. Sanderson, 

 Charles M. White. 



The report of the treasurer, Mr. C. M. White, Bowdoinham, 

 was given as follows : 



Received from the secretary, 1910 dues .... $67 00 

 Received from the secretary, 191 1 dues .... 2 50 



Total $69 50 



Paid bill of L. S. Merrill for ledger, record 



book and postage 7 15 



Balance in treasury December, 1910 $62 35 



This report was accepted. 



Dr. G. AI. Twitchell — I believe the time has come in the 

 State of Maine when if we are to begin a decided forward 

 movement in this matter of seed improvement we should avail 

 ourselves of the work already done by this association and help 

 put it in line to continue the work in the future in the most 

 effective manner. This association is the organization through 

 which we want to commence some systematic work in corn im- 

 provement, and I have this to propose, — that I will put into 

 the hands of the association a couple of bushels of seed, the 

 best that I have, that I have been trying to improve for the last 

 few years, to be distributed by them under such conditions as 

 they think best, asking only that it be put into the hands of 

 careful, critical growers, men who will give it a fair chance; 

 the only condition to be imposed on the grower to be that he 

 shall return to the association twice as much seed as he gets. 

 If he has seed enough for 8 acres, he shall return enough to the 

 association for i6 acres. Mr. Tripp said at once that he would 

 be very glad to join hands in this movement. I have talked 

 with J. Henry Rines and he wished to be counted in also. Dr. 

 ]\Ioulton is not here but I am satisfied that he will join us and 

 that we can put into the hands of the officers from 12 to 20 

 bushels of corn grown by different parties in the State, repre- 

 senting different types, perhaps, and varieties which have more 

 or less merit in them, and that the association can put that seed 

 into the hands of men who will keep it distinct and will seek 

 for further improvement. 



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