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me that this State Board of Agriculture should be disposed to co- 

 operate with the Breeders' Association, the Dairy Union or other 

 organizations of that kind who want to meet with them in the same 

 week and take part in their work, and share a part of the privileges 

 that they may have at that time. It seems to me very desirable 

 that all these organizations should meet in the same week. I know 

 that in the State of Ohio the Sheep Breeders' Association and differ- 

 ent other organizations — ^^Shorthorn cattle, Jersey cattle, swine 

 breeders and other associations meet the same week. In Indiana 

 the same thing has existed for several years. I have been in In- 

 diana at the time of the holding of their winter meetings, and in- 

 stead of there being one thousand, 1,260 were present, and took part, 

 not only in the Corn Growers' and Stock Breeders' Association, but 

 other organizations that met at the same time, and I do hope that 

 this may continue, and that a committee may be appointed which 

 shall be empowered to arrange with these other associations to 

 cover the whole time, having a popular meeting at night, say the 

 first popular meeting on Tuesday evening under the auspices of the 

 Breeders' Association, if you please, and another one on Wednes- 

 day evening under the State Board, and another one on Thursday 

 evening under the auspices of the State Dairy Union. 



I think that the State Board of Agriculture ought to feel itself 

 complimented and that they should do everything in their power 

 to bring these organizations together at that time so as to have one 

 good, big full week devoted to the interests of agriculture and to 

 the stock breeders and dairymen of the State of Pennsylvania. 



MR. CLARK: Mr. Chairman, I made a motion which has not 

 been acted upon. 



The reading of the motion was called for. 



The SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman, as I have noted it, the motion 

 was as follows: It was moved by Mr. Clark that the Secretary 

 would be authorized to arrange the meeting of the State Board of 

 Agriculture so as to begin on Tuesday. 



MR. STOUT: Mr. Chairman, couldn't you arrange to have this 

 order of business without doing that? Don't that disarrange the 

 whole proceedings of the Board according to the requirements of 

 the law? 



The SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman, the election of oflScers must be 

 the particular order of the day on Wednesday under the act of As- 

 sembly. 



MR. SEXTON: Mr. Chairman, I agree with Mr. Orr who suggested 

 that the Board of Agriculture ought to feel complimented by the re- 

 quest of the other organizations to participate with us at the an- 

 nual meeting. We certainly do, but we want them to do much 

 better in that line in the future than they have done in the past, 

 when perhaps they came in the afternoon or in the evening to meet 

 us. I think it would be well to hold on to our old custom of having 

 the full State Board meeting on Wednesday and Tuesday as well 

 if we decide to open the meeting Tuesday morning; that is all right, 

 but we want both Tuesday and Wednesday and it seems to me that 



