No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 149 



Upon the request of the Chair, the previous motion was with- 

 drawn and followed by a motion to apr>rove the report of the Execu- 

 tive Committee as stated by the Secretary, which motion was agreed 

 to; whereupon the motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting, 

 as read by the Secretary, was renewed and agreed to. 



The CHAIR: The next thing in order is the appointment of a 

 committee on credentials. The Chair appoints as such committee: 

 Joel A. Herr of Clinton county, J. W. Nelson of Clearfield county. 

 S. M. McHenrv of Indiana county, W. H. H. Riddle of Butler county, 

 D. A. Knuppenburg of Wyoming county, W. H. Howard of Cameron 

 county and G. F. Barnes of York county. 



Any one having credentials from local societies or horticultural 

 societies will please hand them to Mr. Herr, the Chairman of this 

 Com mitt tee. 



On motion of Mr. McClellan, duly seconded, it was agreed to pass 

 over Section 5 on the program. 



Mr. Temple made an announcement at this time in reference to 

 the Normal School extending an invitation to the members to visit 

 the school any afternoon this week after four o'clock, also an in- 

 vitation to visit the Separator works. 



The CHAIR: You have heard these announcements. Dr. Phillips 

 stated to me this morning that he should be very much pleased to 

 have any one here visit the Institution. They have an elegant In- 

 stitution, with beautiful surroundings and they are doing good work. 



The CHAIR: Unfinished Business is next in order. 



None was presented. 



The CHAIR: The next is New Business. The newest I know of 

 is that I believe the Governor has signed the bill allowing $3,500, is 

 it not, to pay the expenses of the Board. The Board members have 

 been paying their own expenses at annual meetings. 



The SECRETARY: It was approved on the 11th day of May 1905. 

 The amount is $3,500. Mr. Chairman, in regard to that matter I 

 want to say that I had a talk with the Chairman of the House 

 Committee on Appropriations before drafting the bill, and he said 

 to me: "I hope you wall make the amount just as low as possible in 

 order to meet the expenses which you wish to meet," and I made as 

 careful a calculation as I could and I thought that $3,500 would 

 be sufficient. If we find that it is not enough, we will have a 

 chance hereafter to ask that it be increased. The important thing 

 was to get the thing started. A like bill had been turned down on 



