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While the Committee examine tliese certificates we will listen to 

 an address of Mr. S. S. lil.vlioider, of Armstrong county, on "The 

 Kelation of the State Jioard of Aj^riculture to the Farmer and 

 Farmers' Organizations." 



MR. BLYIIOLDER: Mr. Chairnmn, I feel as though it was almost 

 an impossibility for me to talk to you at the present time. I ap- 

 prehend that the reason that this address was placed here is, that, 

 as you will remember, at the January meeting I was assigned a sub- 

 ject similar to this. I failed to present it at that time because of 

 sickness, and I feel as though it was an imposition for me to take 

 up the time now; I, therefore, feel like asking you, Mr. Chairman, to 

 allow me either to submit my paper to be printed with the proceed- 

 ings of the meeting or hold it over to the January meeting. If you 

 feel like doing that, I would certainly be glad to comply with either 

 at your pleasure. 



The CHAIRMAN: What is the pleasure of the Board? Shall we 

 listen to his paper now? 



SECRETARY CRITCHFIELD: Mr. Chairman: By way of explana- 

 tion, let me say that it may take some time for the Committee on 

 Credentials to do its work, and we do not have a very full program 

 and will want to do something this morning. I think it would be a 

 good thing to have that paper come in right here while there is time 

 to read it, and I believe we shall be able to give Brother Blyholder all 

 the time he will want. There might be some suggestions in this 

 paper that would lead us to ask for legislation. I do not know what 

 the paper is going to be. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: It is not in the form of a paper, what I have 

 to say. I saw it was to be an address and I never like to imjjose a 

 paper when it is expected to be an address; but as you desire me to 

 speak on the subject, I want to say to you that I will simply give 

 you a skeleton of my thoughts along this line. 



Mr. Blyholder then addressed the Board as follows: 



THE RELATION OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE TO 

 THE FARMER AND FARMERS' ORGANIZATIONS. 



When we look at this subject and view it as it exists at present, 

 from the status of the law or from the action of the farmer in 

 general, we might be led to conclude that there is no relation ex- 

 isting between the State Board of Agriculture and the farmer, that 

 is, to any great extent, because we do not find that connection be- 

 tween the State Board of Agriculture and the individual farmer of 

 of the State that should exist, nor do we find that relation existing 



