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as though it were necessary to come down here in a body. The 

 committee was willing at all times to be on the spot if the occasion 

 required, but it didn't become necessary. I don't know that it is 

 necessary for me to go into details as to just how the plan was car- 

 ried out — you people, I guess, generally are familiar with the litera- 

 ture sent out, but I do want to express to the resolutions committee 

 the request that they pay particular attention to the matter of thank- 

 ing, in the way of resolutions, both the House and the Senate, because 

 they gave us wonderful support. Of course, there were objections 

 which you will always find in connection with an appropriation that 

 means fifty or sixty thousand dollars a year, and sometimes it seemed 

 discouraging, but the ultimate results were more than encouraging 

 for the labor that was expended in its passage, and the bill as it 

 now stands is familiar to all, and it is a bill that is applicable from 

 one year to another. 



The one feature with regard to attendance at the agricultural 

 convention may be a hardship in one way, but that topic has come 

 out at every meeting of this organization and has been fully dis- 

 cussed. The amount that you receive in state aid is due to the un- 

 tiring effort of the members that are faithful toward the organiza- 

 tion, and the law should take into consideration the efforts that we 

 have been putting forth in securing legislation increasing these 

 amounts, and for that reason we feel that they ought to take more 

 interest in the organization that brought about these benefits. The 

 Agricultural Convention has been sparsely attended in days past, 

 and so the legislature felt that in some way they should make it 

 compulsory upon the person receiving the state aid to attend this 

 meeting, and that is the reason it was inserted into the law. 



The matter of printing the report which you people have, was 

 in the old law. And so it was not changed in the law as contained 

 in this new bill. In revising this bill there was quite a few letters 

 from senators to me to the effect that in order to get their support 

 we must make it obligatory that the awards be printed. Now the 

 matter stands in that way. I have had letters from some of you 

 people with regard to what it cost you. The plan we carried out at 

 our fair and the one I would suggest to you is, at the time of your 

 fair, print the awards as local news. 



The other was the matter of county aid to the county fairs from 

 the board of supervisors. I don't know whether you people have 

 got that confused, or not. That is a law where you can get your 

 county supervisors — it is not obligatory, it is entirely optional on the 



