Seventy-Third Annual Report 1225 



TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 



Morning Session 



The President : There devolves upon me the duty of appoint- 

 ing a few committees at this time. \>y resohition passed yesterday 

 afternoon I was instructed to appoint a drainage committee, — one 

 representative from the Conservation Commission, one from the 

 Department of Agriculture and one from Cornell University, and 

 I will appoint as that committee Honorable John D. Moore, Pro- 

 fessor E. O. Pippin and Assistant Commissioner Harry B. 

 Winters. 



It is also necessary, on request of our treasurer, to have an 

 auditing committee to go over his accounts, which is perfectly 

 proper. I will appoint as that committee C. P. White and Wil- 

 liam Hayden. 



On motion the president appointed a committee on resolutions 

 to which all resolutions when offered are to be referred, as follows : 

 H. O. Palen, Highland; T. B. Wilson, Hall; Dr. W. H. Jordan, 

 Geneva ; W. N^. Giles, Skaneateles ; John J. Dillon, New York. 



The following nominating committee was also appointed : F. 

 W. Sessions, Utica; Ezra A. Tuttle, Eastport; M. C. Burritt, 

 Syracuse ; C. Pred Boshard, Lowville ; Reverend Brother 

 Barnabas, Lincolndale. 



The President : The committee matters being taken care of 

 we will now listen to the report of the Committee on Legislation, 

 by Honorable C. Pred Boshart of Lowville, the chairman. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION 



C. Peed Boshart 



An unusual number of important and urgent recommendations 

 for legislation have been presented this year for your considera- 

 tion. The recommendations presented yesterday have merit; 

 apparently they are urgent and in line with steadily increasing 

 demands of our rapidly advancing agricultural conditions. The 

 chairman of your Publicity Committee presented a very valuable 

 suggestion yesterday for the consideration of this society. There 



