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that only as a suggestion. I have no specific authority from you 

 to appoint a conference committee. 



Mr. Tuttle: It has been sng'gested by several gentlemen in 

 conversation that it would he a verv workable arranffement if we 

 could get these various societies to meet here in Albany the same 

 week, not as last year on the same days and hours of the day, 

 because it was said that the greater prominence of the agricultural 

 society rather overshadowed the meetings of the other societies. 

 They did not have the attendance they deserved, nor the time for 

 deliberation. If that could be obviated ; if we could have a sort of 

 an agricultural week in Albany and have two days devoted to the 

 Agricultural Society meetings and one day, if a day is sufficient, 

 to other societies — not on the same dav or the same hours of 

 the same day, but on other days, it would result in the congrega- 

 tion here in Albany of people belonging to all of those different 

 societies during the larger part (if that week. Then both v/e and 

 they would have a larger attendance and the interest would be 

 increased. With a view to having that matter considered, I move 

 you that the chair appoint a conference committee consisting of 

 three members of this society to confer with other committees 

 if they be appointed by other societies. 



Voice : I consider that an excellent idea. I am here today 

 and I should like to attend two other meetings. I shall try to get 

 to one of them. Of course, I do not know whether the gentleman 

 has reference just to the associations that have been meeting here 

 in the last two or three days. Other associations in the state are 

 interfering. The ISTew York State Fruit Growers' Association 

 has members here whom I know ought to be at their meeting. 



]\ri:. Sciirivek: I am interested in the success of all kinds of 

 agriculture in the State of I^Tow York. I am here as a delegate 

 from the Orange County Agricultural Society, as well as a member 

 of this society. I am anxious that the several societies of the 

 county shoidd somehow so far unify as to be able to cooperate. 

 We are talking about cooperation in all lines. It seems to me it 

 would be proper for those local societies to have representatives 

 in this body in some way to aggregate, nil the agricultural inter- 

 ests and forces somewhere at the same time. I know of no better 

 center than this and I should like very much to have some ar- 



