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town as we can get at Burlington, we could fill this hall with 

 people who are interested in the subject and the Society would 

 be doing good. I believe that is one of the by-laws of the 

 society, that we ought to go from place to place in the different 

 parts of the state and encourage as many young men along 

 horticultural lines in Vermont as we can and so increase our 

 membership. I have thought of connecting with some other or- 

 ganization and as we were driven out of holding meetings with 

 the Dairymen's Association by the Sugar Makers, I had thought 

 of connecting with the State Grange ; they have an attendance 

 of very large numbers and a large membership roll, and if we 

 could get svich an exhibit as this before a representative of every 

 town in the state we would be enlarging our influence. 



Kinney : Surely, if there is no other member that feels as 

 I do I will withdraw my efforts to locate this society. There is 

 one other point, — that of tying up with some other society. Both 

 the Dairymen's Society and the State Grange are going to be 

 the largest and best organization in the state and in New Eng- 

 land, and we want naturally to be in touch with them, and the 

 nearer we can get to them the better for us. 



Vaughan : My idea in regard to this matter has been 

 something like Mr. Kinney's. Of course if there are so many 

 others here who think it advisable to move about in the different 

 sections of the State, I shall be willing to take a back seat, al- 

 though I am in favor of locating in some place. To me the 

 matter of having a definite date for the meeting is of more im- 

 portance because that will give exhibitors a special date to look 

 forward to and arrange for, and I feel our exhibits will be 

 larger and better. 



Aitkin : Mr. Kinney thinks if we were located we would 

 have a bigger exhibit of fruit. At Vergennes we had a great 

 deal better exhibition. I don't think that holds good. I think 

 we will do far more good and interest will grow more rapidly 

 and spread the good work throughout the state if the meetings 

 are held in the different parts of the state. 



Hitchcock : I make a motion that the matter be laid on the 

 table. 



Putnam : I for one would really like to have this society 

 have a home and a place where its meetings will be held regu- 

 larly from year to year and also have a time set ; I would like 

 to know when the meetings are to be held and where ; I don't 

 like to have two or three days' notice of the meeting and have 

 to hurry so to get my exhibits together. Why can't the meeting 

 be held say one year from date, — December 5-6, 1906? 



Prof. Stuart : Don't you think if we fixed our date the first 

 week in December, there would be less confusion? 



