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ment over which we have no control. I do think that the at- 

 tention of the society should be brought to this matter of more 

 perfect coordination in the future in the work which we all want 

 to see done in the State of New York and every effort be made to 

 prevent waste of time, money and energy and the injection of 

 politics. 



Mr, Fullerton : I want to suggest that for its manifold bless- 

 ings the empire state should be duly grateful, and not the least 

 among its privileges I should designate the talk we have just had 

 from our neighbor who knows both ends of it. I have occasionally 

 suggested the same thing in my barbaric western way and have 

 been looked upon as an iconoclast. I do know this, if I want alfalfa 

 analyzed I have to send some to Geneva and some to Ithaca. One 

 gentlemen kindly tells me that he cannot tell about the germina- 

 tion ; that will have to be done by the other man ; but he can tell 

 me how many weed seeds there are. By sending to Washington I 

 can get another analysis. I am willing to do that, because I have 

 been brought up in an office. But I have heard from one of our 

 educators that the average farmer will not even jot down his memo- 

 randum of profit or loss for the day; consequently will not write 

 five letters. I should like to see this society the real head of agri- 

 culture in this state. I should like to see it take this matter up, 

 and wo .should have one head — the Commissioner of Ao-riculture. 

 It should not be any gentleman in St. Lawrence, Long Island or 

 Ithaca, but at Albany. It should be one man and we should take 

 it up, and if we take it up I should judge that we have the kind 

 of an Abe Lincoln sort of a man that would help us. I am simply 

 saying we have too many heads and there is no reason why a man 

 should write to seven or eight places for infonnation relative to 

 his seed analyses or any other agricultural subject. 



Chairman Tucker: Any further discussion desired? If not, 

 we pass to another topic. We had hoped to have the proceedings 

 diversified by the notes of Mrs. Heath of the Housewives' League. 

 She telegraphs the president that illness prevents her being at the 

 meeting to-day. S'he has also telegraphed to Vice-President Tuttle 

 a long message, which I shall ask him to read. 



Mr. Tuttle: I regret very much for the society that ]\rrs. 

 Heath is not here. She is the president of the National House- 



