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feeds. That wings be built large enough at least for 80 head 

 of milking cows, and that a suitable place for growing the 

 calves be provided. 



The committee desire to state that they were received with 

 the greatest courtesy and received assurance that the trustees 

 were in entire sympathy with the move, and believed that the 

 work could not be undertaken at too early a date. We have 

 since received an official communication from the secretary of 

 the Board of Trustees as follows: 



To the Committee of the Maine Dairymen's Association and 

 the Maine Live Stock Breeders' Association: 



Gentlemen : — As secretary of the Board of Trustees of the 

 University of Maine, I am directed to extend to you the cordial 

 thanks of the said Board, and through you to the associations 

 you represent, for their interest in the welfare of this institu- 

 tion, and to say to you that the trustees of the University have 

 long recognized the need of changes and additions to the college 

 barns, and that, in order to extend the work and make it better, 

 these improvements are essential. It is a matter of sincere 

 regret, however, that no funds of the institution are available 

 for this purpose. The improvements needed would be ordered 

 at once if the Board was financially able to meet the expense. 



We greatly appreciate the interest of the Elaine Dairymen's 

 Association and the Maine Live Stock Breeders' Association 

 in the work of the University, and fully endorse the action of 

 these associations, and approve their intention to ask the Legis- 

 lature for an appropriation necessary to make the needed 

 changes in the barns, and pledge them our earnest support in 

 their effort. 



We beg to assure you that your action in coming before the 

 Board of Trustees will give us added courage in the work 

 before us. S. W. Gould, Sec. 



In view of the fact that no funds are available from the 

 treasury of the University to carry into effect the recommenda- 

 tions of the committee, and complying with the direction of the 

 association to report at this meeting and to make such recom- 

 m.endations as in their judgment they thought best, your com- 

 mittee desires to offer the following resolution: 



