No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 819 



the Coustitiitiou and By-laws of the Union, seem to hare been lost, 

 and we find oiii'selves without the proper evidence of orjjjanization; 

 so we recommend that this meeting malce and adopt a Constitution 

 and By-laws, and that in so doing- we carefully consider the advisa- 

 bility of fixing some central point where the annual meeting shall 

 always be held, and that semi-annual meetings, should there be such, 

 could be held at such places as may be selected from time to time, by 

 the proper authority. Also, that the officers consist of a president, 

 two vice presidents, one secretary, one treasurer, and an executive 

 committee of three, and that it shall be one of the duties of said exe- 

 cutive committee to appoint exhibit committee consisting of one 

 dairyman, one creameryman and one commission merchant, who 

 shall have charge of obtaining exhibits, and offering and awarding 

 prizes at the annual meetings. The i)resident and secretary to be 

 members ex-officio of both committees. 



We make the foregoing suggestions with a hope, in a measure, of 

 dividing the vrork without sutSciently shifting the responsibility 

 from anyone to make them neglectful of their duties. 



M. E. CONAKD, 



Secretary. 



. It was moved and seconded, the report of the Secretary be adopted 

 as read. Carried. 



REPORT FROM THE TREASURER. 



MR. W. C. NORTON: Mr. Perham's wdfe was taken very sick last 

 Saturday and died on Monday morning, and until Saturday night 

 he had expected to be present. He had not time to send his book 

 as treasurer to me and, therefore, I have no statement to make, ex- 

 cept That which he gave me over the telephone, that there w^ere $2 

 left in the treasury, and that he wished that the dues be paid to Dr. 

 Conard, who would keep a record and forward the same to him. 



The PRESIDENT: I would suggest the propriety of the Dairy 

 Union taking some action in expressing the sympathy of the Society 

 with Mr. Perham in his bereavement. 



MR. W. H. COMFORT: I move that the President, on behalf of the 

 Pennsylvania Dairy Union, send to Mr. Perham an expression of the 

 sympathy of the members in his sudden bereavement. 



Seconded and carried. 



The PRESIDENT: A subject which emphasizes to my mind the 

 progress which has been made in agriculture and agricultural educa- 



