No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 35a 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF 

 THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, HELD 

 IN HARRISBURG, PA., JANUARY 24th AND 25th, 

 1906 



9 A. M., Wednesday Morning, January 24, 1906. 



Vice President S. S. Blyholder in the Chair. 



The CHAIRMAN: The hour has arrived for the opening of the 

 Twenty-ninth Annual Session of the State Board of Agriculture. 

 The Secretary will call the roll. 



MR. HERR: Mr. Chairman, in noting the presence of members, 

 those whose terms expire in 1906 should not be recorded. 



The SECRETARY. That distinction will be made, Mr. Herr. 



The roll of members was called by the Secretary, and at this first 

 roll-call and a subsequent call, the following persons answered to 

 their names, a quorum being present at the first roll-call ; the names 

 of those present whose terms expired in 1906, being recorded in 

 italics: 



R. I. Young, Gen. James A. Beaver, A. 1. Weidne?% S. S. Bly- 

 holder. S. S. Diehl, H. G. McGowan, E. E. Chubbuck, W T. Dav.'s, 

 J. A. Woodward, M. F. Conard, S. X. McClellan, J. W. Nelson, 

 J. A. Herr, J. M. Witman, C. B. Hege, R. M. Kendall, G. G. Hutchi- 

 son, S. M. McHenry, W. L. McCracken, Matthew Itndgers, W. H. 

 Brosius, Samuel McCreary, H. C. Snavely, P. S. Fenstermaker, A. J. 

 Kahler, W. C. Black, M. M. Naginey, R. F. Schwarz, Jason Sexton, 

 W. F. Beck, I. A. Eschbach, A . T. Holman, W. H. Stou+, J. F. Boyer, 

 J Newton Glover, R. J. Weld, D. S. Taylor, W. E. Perham, M*. N. 

 Clark, D. A. Knuppenburg, G. F. Barnes and N. B. Critchfield, Sec 

 rotary. 



Members ex-officio present were: Hon. S. W. Pennypacker, Gov- 

 ernor; Maj. I. B. Brown, Secretary Internal Affairs; Dr. N. C. 

 Schaeffer, Superintendent of Public Instruction. 



The following consulting specialists were present: Dr. J. H. Funk, 

 Pomologist; Dr. Wm. Frear, Chemist; Prof. Franklin Menges, Ento- 

 mologist; E. R. Demain, Meterologist; Col. H. C. Demming, Mineralo- 

 gist and Geologist; W. H. Stout, Geologist. 



The CHAIRMAN: A quorum being present, I will appoint as 

 the Committee on Credentials, Messrs. Herr, of Clinton; Naginey, of 

 Mifflin; Clark, of Westmoreland; McHenry, of Indiana, and Weld, of 

 Warren. 



The SECRETARY: Before that Committee goes out, it might be 

 well to read the minutes of our last meeting. 



The CHAIRMAN: Yes, pardon me, I forgot that; the minutes will 

 be read by the Secretary. 



