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straight business ? And if it is not, we are entitled to have a 

 vigorous and loud voice, and strong demonstrative purpose 

 against it. So, notwithstanding Brother Tuttle's strong thinking 

 and warm speaking, I am prepared to endorse it, because there is 

 nothing else in sight that is feasible to endorse, and it is clear to 

 me that we must do something. Possibly we might make a few 

 mistakes while we are starting, and in the development; but it 

 Vv'ould be iniinitelj better to make a few mistakes than never to do 

 anything; I have discovered that the men who never make 

 mistakes never make anything else. Therefore, I am in favor of 

 endorsement of Mr. Tuttle's report, because it opens the door to 

 the doing of something. 



The President : There are people here whom we are trying to 

 benefit who have not yet allied themselves with this organization, 

 and the door of approach is open wide. There is someone out in 

 the lobby who will take your name and take your little fee and 

 enroll you as a member of the New York State Agricultural 

 Society. We believe that everyone who attends these meetings and 

 who is at all interested in agriculture in this state should ally them- 

 selves with this organization either by life membership, which is 

 $10, and no further dues, or $1.00 for annual membership. We 

 also have here some copies of the report of 1912, in which you will 

 find most valuable papers and addresses of last year. We expect 

 there will be a similar report of this year's proceedings printed a 

 little later, so we save the results of these conferences for future 

 consideration. 



Afternoon Session 



The President: The matter under discussion at the time of 

 adjournment this nioi'iiing was the rei)urt of the (^onimittee on 

 Cooperation as given by Mr. Tuttle. Motion to adopt the report 

 had been seconded. We have a few moments which might be 

 devoted to further discussion. 



Mr. Atwater : Mr. Tuttle has presented some aspects of the 

 questions of cooperation ; one of the most im])ortant of which 

 is the problem of transportation. I think ^Ir. Tuttle has some 



