Seventy-Third Annual Report 1159 



Central Railroad informs me tliey are making special freight rates 

 to farmers on lime and fertilizers shipped direct to the farmers to 

 be nscd on their farms. Onr State Department of Agricnlture is 

 under highly efficient management, and is doing great work. These 

 things would he of material assistance to any Publicity Committee 

 in position to do proper work. 



During the past year, sevca-al county farm bureaus have been 

 started in Xew York State and in at least two instances members 

 of this committee have had something to do in securing the estab- 

 lishment of such bureaus. It is good, practical work and should 

 be encouraged. 



Your committee regrets that during the past year it has been 

 able to accomplish so little, but really feels that it has nothing in 

 this direction to apologize for as the lack of funds is a handicap. 



The President : You have heard the report of the Publicity 

 Committee. Are there any remarks on this report ? 



On motion the report of the committee was accepted. 



The President : This subject of publicity for ]N"ew York State 

 agriculture is a matter of such far reaching importance and possi- 

 l)ilities that perhaps you may wish to touch upon this report. If 

 so you may have an opportunity for a few moments. 



Mr. Sessions : I may state verbally that a little additional work 

 we undertook to do, but failed to accomplish, was to secure the 

 giving of lectures, or having lectures included in the free lecture 

 course in Xew York City, on agricultural topics. We were too 

 late to get them into the fall course, but were promised that they 

 would be introduced into the winter course. We heard nothing 

 from them, so I took it up some time later and was informed that 

 we were also too late for that course; that they wouhl be taken up 

 another year. 



JNIr. Low: If the committee will leave it to me the next time 

 they want to bring that about, I may be able to help them. I fancy 

 it is only a question of speaking at the right time. 



The President: Thank you, Mr. Low. I inuigine that the 

 reason we have no such lectures in their course this winter is 

 because we have not ourselves found the proper men for them. 

 They are not in touch with good men for this particular work. 



