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in which all organizations and all individuals 

 who are interested in any phase of this subject 

 may meet for discussing New England problems ? 

 Could not boards of agriculture co-operate to 

 some extent, especially in farmers' institute work 

 with general plans and ideas? Certainly con 

 ferences between these boards ought to yield 

 most valuable results. Is the idea of a genuine 

 New England fair a mere dream ? 



Cannot the Granges of New England profit 

 ably co-operate more fully ? It is true that there 

 is considerable inter visitation, and yet the rank 

 and file of members in one state know compara 

 tively little of the progress and methods of the 

 Grange in an adjoining state; this knowledge 

 is confined to a few leaders. Would it not be 

 worth while to attempt an occasional New Eng 

 land assemblage of Grange members, a repre 

 sentative gathering for discussing Grange work 

 and for enthusing the Grange people of New 

 England with the possibilities of still further 

 Grange development ? 



The idea of New England as a unit of interest 

 in church matters is already exemplified by the 

 appointment of a New England secretary of the 

 federation of churches. It is not too much to 

 expect that, in the near future, all the means 



