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Mr. Pickard: Don't 3'ou think where you give three premiums 

 it is advisable to give a first and second premium and a rib- 

 bon? Perhaps worthy of mention following that. 



Mr. O'Donnell: It is quite good for this reason: You men 

 realize that when a stock breeder is out for several weeks, after 

 he has finished up, I care not how successful he has been, it is 

 going to cost him money to run that herd for several weeks. The 

 benefit is not the money he gets, but the advertising. As the 

 gentleman said, the object of the state aid is the improvement of 

 live stock and agriculture. To get a couple of honorable men- 

 tions below the fourth or fifth place means a good bit to the 

 breeder, because it means advertising for him. 



Mr. Pickard: To give you an instance of that, here at the 

 state fair in the case of a man showing colts. Of course they 

 could get no premium as they happened to be just outside of the 

 money premiums, but got a ribbon and it was worth just as 

 much as the premium. 



Delegate : Do you expect to get out some sort of a sample 

 premium book? 



Mr. O'Donnell: Our plan at the present time is to have this 

 thing ready as soon as we can in the spring so that the fairs 

 can have it at any time. In addition to that I think we will 

 have in different places in the book, a place to designate, for in- 

 stance, championship, etc., so that the secretary in looking that 

 over will get ideas, and in addition to that a sample premium list 

 in the back of the book. Our short course work ends about the 

 first of March. The three people that have been assigned on 

 this work are all occupied in short course work. There will be 

 something up to the latter part of March or to the first of April. 

 Would it be early enough? 



Voices: No! No! No! 



Mr. O'Donnell: How many feel that it would be desirable if 

 we could get it in P'ebruary. 



Voices : That is right ! That is right ! January if you can. 



Mr. 'Donnell : It will be practically impossible in January 

 as one of the men assigned to this work is in bed sick with the 

 typhoid fever. 



In addition to the grain and live stock work we will also have 



some suggestions in domestic science work. Mr. tells 



me the domestic science work has helped them at Waverly. Are 

 there any other questions 



I thank you gentlemen for your attention. 



