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meetings and devise ways and means for cooperative work. I 

 think you already have established a nucleus for your cooperative 

 organization. 



The Peesident: We are glad to have this suggestion, which 

 I believe is a valuable one. 



Mr. Fullerton : What is the farm bureau and who runs it ? 



Mr. Sessions : The farm bureau is established by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture together with the College of 

 Agriculture at Cornell and the State Department of Agriculture 

 at Albany, with additional funds from the board of supervisors 

 of the county. The county adviser is appointed by the department 

 at Washing-ton and is just the same as a doctor for physical ills. 

 He is a doctor for farm ills, agricultural ills. 



Mr. SciiRivER : I noticed in the report of the chairman last 

 night that while he was enumerating the counties that had adopted 

 this measure he did not count Orange County. Last week the 

 board of supervisors voted to appropriate $1,200 and establish a 

 farm bureau in Orange County. We propose to be on the firing 

 Ime. 



Mr. Palen: I want to say for the information of those whc 

 want to know about the farm bureaus that there is an article in 

 the sample number of the Tribune Farmer which you will find in 

 the corridor, that will answer a great many questions on that. 

 Chautauqua County probably has accomplished most along this 

 line. 



Mr. Fullerton : I asked that question to see how it worked 

 with our state institutions. As a farmer I find that we have too 

 many agricultural departments in New York State at the present 

 time. I shall not say which, because I do not know. We work 

 now through Ithaca, Geneva and Albany. Perhaps some of 

 you think it is a fad of mine, but I believe there should be 

 one head somewhere, naturallv the Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 Will the farm bureau work with Ithaca, with Geneva or with the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, or will it be another agency As I 

 get the answer to my question, it means five for l^ew York State 

 instead of three — and three is too many. I am not against the 

 farm bureaus — the more the merrier ! I do not believe agricul- 

 ture can have too much help. I believe parcel post has helped. 



