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self a committee of one on membership and to make an effort to 

 secure from his neighbor or some friend or acquaintance an ap- 

 plication for membership in this society. That was the appeal we 

 made. We did not feel justified in going ahead without some 

 authority from the society itself on an extensive mail campaign 

 as Mr. Dillon has suggested, but I think it would be a good thing 

 to do. I think it would show results. 



The President : We shall take your suggestion, Mr. Dillon, 

 under consideration. 



Mr. M. G. Kains: I suggest that as a part of this publicity 

 business or campaigii for membership, the agricultural press 

 and the county press be notified at least two weeks in advance of 

 the circularization so that as much as possible the objects of the 

 association and the program for the following meeting shall be- 

 come diffused in the public mind, especially the minds of the 

 farmers. It is one of the great difficulties that all of the agri- 

 cultural and the weekly papers labor under, that they do not get 

 advice in time to do the association nearly as much good as 

 they would like. For this meeting the program reached me in 

 time to make only one announcement and that a very small one. 



Mr. Boshart : If some of these ideas imparted by Mr. Dillon 

 and others are carried out it seems to me it will involve a con- 

 siderable extra amount of labor on the society and I move that 

 the president of this society be instructed to appoint an assistant 

 secretary, who shall be a resident of Albany, to help and aid the 

 secretaiy. 



The above motion was carried. 



The President: We are ready for reports of special commit- 

 tees and I believe it is proper to receive the report of the Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions at this time. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 



H. O. Palen 



Your Committee on Eesohitions submits the following report 

 for your consideration : 



The first recommendation is on the report of the Committee 

 on Agricultural Education, a very important report which was 



