No. « IMOI'AUTMIflNT OF AGUICULTUR15. SOi 



term of three years, and that he file with the Secretary his creden- 

 tials from the Agricultural Society in Centre county. 



Motion being seconded, and the question being put, it was 

 agreed to. 



MR. HERR: Mr. Chairman, it is the first case I have ever heard 

 of where a man has been elected to membership in the Board of 

 Agriculture when we don't know whether he desires it or not. 



COL. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, I will state that the action 

 taken was an absolute surprise to me, and the reason I had not pre- 

 sented my credentials, is that I hadn't thought of it, and as the So- 

 ciety had no meeting where the matter could be attended to, it 

 was not done. I was unable to attend to any kind of business 

 during a large portion of the year, and during the latter portion I 

 have been extremely busy, and it escaped my attention entirely. 

 I came here supposing my term had not expired, and did not know 

 until my attention was called to it yesterday, that it had. I very 

 much appreciate the implied compliment, but will not consider my- 

 self a member of the Board until my certificate is filed, which I 

 have no doubt it will be in good time. 



The CHAIRMAN: The thought ran through my mind, whether 

 it would be in order to put this question, but considering that Col. 

 Woodward had an Agricultural Society back of him, which would 

 be sure to select him, I felt sure it would be all right. I do think 

 that there are some thiugs we should know as members of this 

 State Board of Agriculture. There are quite a number of counties 

 that do not send any representative here; whether they have agri- 

 cultural societies that entitle them to have representation here, 

 I do not know; I do not know how many of our members know. 

 Another question that arises is, when credentials are sent in here, 

 some of them are lacking a little in form; some of them are lacking 

 the seal, and the Credential Committee in such cases, do not know 

 exactly what to do. Probably some of these agricultural societies 

 are not living up to the law and have not got the right to elect a 

 member. Now I think it would be wise if we would take some 

 action by which we can have our members elected from societies 

 that are working under the law; and in counties that are not work- 

 ing under the law, I would like to see the right to elect members 

 given to other counties that would elect members in accordance with 

 the provisions of the law, so that we might have a full member- 

 ship in this Board. 



PROF. VAN NORMAN: Prof. Shaw has referred to a gathering 

 of farmers at the Indiana Agricultural College for a week. Having 

 been there for several years and knowing the magnificent increase 

 of interest that has been developed there, the inquiry h*\s run 

 through my mind, Why can't we have a farmers' week at Pennsyl- 

 vania State College? Do you want a week up there? A week in 

 which we shall get such men as Prof. Shaw and other men who 

 are specialists along dairying, horticultural, corn and beef lines, 

 that are appropriate to the agricultural interests of the State, who 

 shall supplement the work that is now being done, and give you 

 a week of practical instruction when we can bring out the stores 

 fha+ wp havp and show von the dairv cows that we have there ! 



