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Another little matter, it seems to me that there is an element 

 of injustice in our system of judging and that another year the 

 association should indicate to its officers the desire that there 

 be some modification. Dr. Bailey conies up here from Wis- 

 casset, with corn grown down on the coast ; Mr. Guptil comes 

 liere from York county, with corn grown on the sandy, light 

 soils of Berwick; Mr. Tripp comes here from Ripley with corn 

 ^rown up in that northern latitude, and those three men must 

 come in competition with each other, while the climatic con- 

 ditions under which the corn is grown are altogether different 

 in each case. There is an element of injustice in this. Mr, 

 Tripp cannot grow corn under the same conditions that Dr. 

 Moulton of Cumberland or Mr. Guptill can grow it. They 

 liave a longer season, a different soil ; all the conditions are 

 different. If you go up into Franklin county you strike one 

 of the ideal spots for growing corn in the State of Maine. Put 

 the man who grows corn in Franklin county with the man who 

 ;grows it in northern Penobscot and there is a little injustice. 

 It seems to me the time has come when we ought to divide the 

 State of Maine, as New England was divided, by zones which 

 shall, so far as possible, enable men living in the different sec- 

 tions to compete against each other. 



Dr. Pearl — I wish to endorse very strongly the recommenda- 

 tion that Dr. Twitchell has made. I would be inclined to go a 

 little further, in that. It seems to me that by doing this we are 

 taking an important step in the improvement of Maine corn in 

 .•general, for the reason that it will help us to take steps in the 

 direction of breeding locally adapted varieties. I am inclined 

 to think that if this work in corn breeding has shown anything 

 to be certain, it is that the factor of local adjustment is an 

 ■exceedingly important one. Seed which is very fine in one 

 locality will not do well in another not very far distant, where 

 the conditions affecting growth are different. It seems to me 

 that some such proposition as Dr. Twitchell has suggested is 

 'very desirable. 



Amendments to the constitution of the association, presented 

 hy the secretary on behalf of the executive committee, were 

 adopted as follows: 



Resolved, That section one of Article three be amended by 

 inserting after the words "shall be entitled to become" the word 

 ""active," so that said section shall read: 



