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partuieiU of Aj^iiculture as lo their association with the various 

 societies, as they are formed throughout the dili'erent counties in 

 our State; and in that connection I should certainly point out what 1 

 believe are some of the bad or evil practices in existence with some 

 of those societies, and, if possible, find a remedy for that in this, 

 that some of the agricultural societies who send representatives to 

 this body, their actions, or their affairs, or their meetings, are not 

 any credit to this Board and therefore it seems to me and my en- 

 deavor shall be in that paper to point out some of these evil prac- 

 tices, and if possible, suggest a remedy and show the necessity of the 

 most intimate connection between this body and the various 

 bodies in the State; and go on and show that the most harmonius 

 action should exist between these bodies and the other various so- 

 cieties organized under other names, such names as grange or farm- 

 ers' alliance and other organizations that we have reasons to be- 

 lieve are organized for the bettering of the condition of the farmer 

 and his family. That is an outline of my thoughts on this question. 

 It seems to me we ought to have papers or discussions on this line 

 so that an influence might be thrown out from the State Board over 

 the organizations in the different counties, throughout the State, so 

 they would feel the influence of the higher organization, and if that 

 can be done it would be a great benefit to this organization. We 

 have too many farmers in the State of Fennsylvania who seem to 

 know nothing at all about the work of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, therefore, w^e ought to reach out and educate the farmers 

 so they would act in unison. Those are about the details I would 

 present in a paper of that kind. 



The CHAIRMAN: The next paper is entitled, "How to Grow and 

 Utilize the Indian Corn Plant to the Best Advantage," by Mr. Hol- 

 man. 



The paper read by Mr. Holman is as follows: 



HOW TO GKOW AND UTILIZE THE INDIAN COKN IM.ANT TO 



THE BEST ADVANTAGE. 



BY A. T. HoL.MAN, Nekoda, Pa. 



It i.s not necessary to enter into the details of the origin of the 

 corn plant in this paper, as we all well know where it originated. 

 The subject to be considered is how to grow the most protitable 



