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The DEPUTY SECRETARY: That is exactly what you are. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: I am rather surprised at the remarks of the 

 gentleman. I have always felt that I was responsible, and required 

 to render a bill for every cent of expenses and I am surprised that 

 any gentleman could draw that amount without rendering bills. I 

 have felt this way also; in one locality in the county which I repre- 

 sent and have represented for a number of years, they have been 

 accustomed to hold institutes irrespective of any consultation with 

 me. They said, we are going to hold these institutes. I said, all 

 right, you can hold them but you will get nothing from the State 

 appropriation. The result was that they kept them up for two or 

 three years and then when they went to arrange for the next insti- 

 tute or before they arranged for it they sent a delegate to the meet- 

 ing and they begged that we would go in partnership with them, 

 and we did, but we had control, and we retained control of the in- 

 stitute fund right along. 



My method of holding an institute is to meet with the committee 

 wherever I intend holding an institute, and I assist them in prepar- 

 ing the program. When the time of holding the institute comes, 

 I meet my speakers and stay with them until they leave the county, 

 and I pay all the bills for hall rents and whatever our necessary ex- 

 penses are, and then I will render that account to the State, and 

 in a number of years experience I have never drawn the amount of 

 twelve dollars and a half per day because I believed it was not just, 

 because I had not expended it. I think that is correct. Am I not 

 correct. Brother Martin? 



The DEPUTY SECRETARY: That is correct. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: I want to say that I am glad our worthy secre- 

 tary has presented a schedule, or a plan or a draft of an organization, 

 such as he presented to us this morning. I have felt for some time 

 that it was necessary for us to do something of that kind, and in the 

 last two months I have been in correspondence with the various 

 townships and the p>eople in my county. This has always been a 

 lame point in my county to get a representative for the June insti- 

 tutes. I am sure that I am very glad that this suggestion has been 

 presented; if that is not just exactly what is wanted, I know that the 

 Secretary will agree with us if we change it to meet the various 

 wants of the different localities. 



The DEPUTY SECRETARY: Certainly, this is simply a draft 

 or a general outline, subject to such modification as may be required. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: I think that the conditions are such that 

 something of this kind is necessary, and I hope that we may have 

 these organizations in every county, so that they may bring their 

 influence to bear on legislation by means of which we shall be able 

 to secure more satisfactory results than in the past. 



I think that we ought to go further, and in a measure substitute 

 these organizations which we propose organizing for the many so- 

 called agricultural societies that are at present organized in our 

 county, that perhaps have not an agriculturist holding in the whole 

 association. Now it seems to me that we ought to substitute these 



