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call the round-up, in which the people of the East and West all 

 meet at Illinois, and the fellow that goes from Illinois with the blue 

 ribbon is considered pretty near the best fellow out that year. We 

 pay about |45,000 in cash premiums each year. We have always 

 paid that on Friday afternoon for fifty-four years, and no one ever 

 went away from the fair that did not have his premium money. I 

 was a member of our Board for eight years and then retired be- 

 cause the Governor gave me a job which had a little more money 

 m it. 



MR. HUTCHISON: The question of a State Fair has been agitated 

 by the Breeders' Association, and they have a bill which they stated 

 they would have here this morning, to have read before the State 

 Board and get the opinion of the members, but Mr. Norton has not 

 come in yet, but some time this afternoon he will present it before 

 the Board and have it read and have your opinion in regard to it. 



A member spoke of the fact that the State of New York pays all 

 premiums, while in the State of Pennsylvania only $100.00 is sup- 

 plied towards fair expenses every other year. 



The SECRETARY: I understand that Dr. Armsby has some mat- 

 ter that he would like to present to the Board, and if there is no 

 objection, I would like him to have the floor now. 



DR. ARMSBY: I would like to call attention to the fact that 

 a conference of the Allied Organizations of Agriculture in Pennsyl- 

 vania has been called to meet this afternoon. I would request or 

 suggest that the Board appoint such a number of delegates as thej 

 wish to represent them at this conference. 



I would like also, Mr. President, if I am in order, to introduce a 

 resolution regarding the so-called Adams bill which most all of you 

 know about, a bill pending now in Congress to increase the appro- 

 priation for experiment stations. 



Dr. Armsby presented and read the following resolution: 



Whereas, The investigations of the State Experiment Stations 

 have been of incalculable value to the agriculture of the United 

 States; and 



Whereas, The present appropriation by the United States to 

 these stations is insufficient to enable them to adequately perform 

 the varied work demanded by their constituencies, while the appro- 

 priations by the several states are largely consumed in providing 

 the necessary land, buildings and equipment; therefore. 



Resolved, That the State Board of Agriculture hereby heartily 

 endorses the bill (H. R. No. 14098) introduced in Congress by the 

 Hon. H. C. Adams of Wisconsin, and now pending, to increase the 

 national appropriation to these institutions, and requests the Sena- 

 tors and Representatives from this State to use every elfort to 

 secure its passage during the present session of Congress. 



Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to forward a copy of 

 these resolutions to Mr. Adams and to each Senator and Representa- 

 tive from Pennsylvania. 



