Seventy-Thikd Annual Report 1301 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 



MoiiNiNG Session 



Meeting called to order hy President Sisson. 



The Pkesident: The first item of business is the report of 

 Dur Secretary, Mr. Albert E. Brown of Batavia. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 

 Albert E. Brown 



The proceedings of last year, of course, were published in book 

 form and mailed to all members by the department of agriculture. 

 Copies of the proceedings of this meeting will be printed in the 

 same form and mailed to the members. 



The old life membership list of this society ran up in the neigh- 

 borhood of 1,600. It has been revised from year to year and 

 especially the first year that the state took over the State Fair. At 

 that time there were, I think, about 1,600 names on the life mem- 

 bership list. It had not been revised for several years. Several 

 hundred names were cut otf, and each year since it has been revised 

 until there are now 953 names on the life membership list. Many 

 of these people are undoubtedly dead and we should like to get 

 that list still further revised so as to keep it up to date. We all 

 know that the life members of this society are entitled to free 

 admission to the State Eair, and being connected with both insti- 

 tutions I came in closer touch with this proposition this year 

 than I ever had before. There were 254 of the life members who 

 applied at the State Fair for their rights of free admission this 

 last year. There was some trouble and dissatisfaction among the 

 old life members that was embarrassing to me particularly, because 

 the State Fair Commission last year decided to change from the 

 ticket system to the cash gate admission. Previous to that time 

 there had been life membership tickets made out and mailed to 

 those who applied for them, good for one admission a day during 

 the week, and others who applied during the fair were given the 



