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PROCEKDINGS OF THK THIRTIETH ANNUAL 

 MKETING OF THE STATF BOARD OF AGRI- 

 CULTURF, HFLD IN -OLD FXFCUTIVF BUILD- 

 ING, HARRISBURG, PA., JANUARY 22 AND 23, 

 1907. 



Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, January 22, 1907, 9 A. M. 

 Vice President A. J. Kahler in the Chair. 



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

 Thirtieth Annual Convention of tht* State Board of Agriculture, 

 The meeting will, therefore, please come to order, and we will pro- 

 ceed with the program. First in order, I believe, is roll-call. Will 

 the Secretary please call the roll? 



A Member: In calling the roll, I think it would be well to take 

 note of the members whose terms expire this year. 



The SECRETARY: The distinction will be made. 



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 first roll-call; the names of 

 those present whose terms expire in 1907 being recorded in italics: 



Gen. James A. Beaver, R. I. Young, J. S. Burns, S. S. Blyholder, 

 W. K. Lutz (succeeding S. S. Diehl, whose term expired in 1906). 

 H. G. McGowan, E. E. Chtihhuck, John A. Woodward, M. E. Conard, 

 S. X. McClellanJ. W. Nelson,^. A. Herr, A. P. Y^oung, J. F. Seavy. 

 John M. Witman. Geo. G. Hutchison, S. M. McHenry^ Matthew 

 Rodgers, Horace Seamans, Samuel McCreary, H. C. Suavely, P. S. 

 Fenstermaker, /. H. Snyder, A. J. Kahler,\^/. M. Naginey, R. F. 

 Schwarz, J. Sexton, W. F. Beck, I. A. Eschbach, A. T. Holman, H. 

 H. Hall, W. H. Stout, J. F. Boyer, E. R. Warburton,^. E. Tower, 

 J. Newton Glover, August Morck, R. J. Weld, D. S. Taylor, Warren 

 E. Perhain, M. N. Clark, D. A. KnuJ>J)endurg ,G. F. Barnes. 



Ex-officio members present were Hon. Edwin S. Stuart, Governor, 

 and N. B. Critchfield, Secretary of Agriculture, 



The following consulting specialists were pi^esent: Dr. J. H. Funk, 

 Pomologist; Dr. William Frear, Chemist; Dr. Leonard Pearson, Vet- 

 erinary Surgeon; Prof. H. A. Surface, Entomologist and Ornitholo- 

 gist; Col. Henry G. Demming, Mineralogist and Geologist, and W. 

 H. Stout, Geologist. 



The CHAIRMAN: The next thing on the program is the reading 

 of the minutes of the last meeting; will the Secretary please read 

 th^m? 



Minutes of the last meeting were read by the Secretary, which, ©n 

 motion, were approved. 



22—7—1906. 



