No. 6. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. (13 



REPORT OF EXErUTTVE COMMITTEE. 



The Executive Committee lias approved tlic following resolu- 

 tions and recommends tliem to the conference for adoption: 



Number one, ottered by Mr. E. S. Bayard, (»f tlie State Live Stock 

 Breeders' Association: 



1. "Resolved, That we favor, and hereby instrnci our Legislative 

 Committee to secure, if ])ossible, an increase of |5,0(l(» in tlie contin- 

 gent fund of the Secretary of Agriculture, the same, or as much 

 thereof as is needed, to be applied to the publication and distribu- 

 tion of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the State Dairy 

 Union, the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders' Association, the 

 State Horticultural Association and the State Poultry Association." 



Number two, offered by Hon. John Hamilton, representing the 

 State Department of Agriculture: 



2. "Resolved, That the Allied Agricultural Organizations of Penn- 

 sj'lvania hereby pledge their several organizations to join in the 

 effort to secure an appropriation by the next Legislature of at least 

 one million dollars for the permanent improvement of our public 

 roads." 



Number three, offered by Mr. H. V. AVhite, representing the Penn- 

 sylvania State College: 



3. "Resolved, That this conference request from the next Legis- 

 lature an appropriation of .f 10,000 per year for two years for the 

 Pennsylvania State College to defray the expenses of continuing 

 the preparation and distribution to the teachers of the public 

 schools of the State, of bulletins and leaflets on Nature Study, with 

 special reference to agriculture." 



Number four, offered by Mr. H. V. ^^'hite, representing the Penn- 

 sylvania State College: 



4. "Resolved, That we request the State Legislature to make suffi- 

 cient appropriation for the erection and maintenance at The Penn- 

 sylvania State College of a suitable building for the teaching of the 

 different branches of agi'iculture, including Dairying and Forestry." 



Number five, offered by Dr. J. T. Rothrock, representing the State 

 Department of Forestry: 



5. "Resolved, That the Legislnlure of tlie S<ate of Pennsylvania 

 be requested to appropriate 125,000.00 to provide instruction in For- 

 estry, and furnish equipment for this purpose at the State College 

 of Pennsylvania." 



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