"©I Agriciilture ? 



THE CIIAIEMAN: I expected, Mr. Margeson, after \^e 

 get tliis motion tliroiigh, to look up sources. 01 course, we 

 would have to think that up. I was going to question Mr, An- 

 nin as to the results of the bulletiti which the State Board 

 published last year, and the possibilities of their co-operating 

 and assisting us in this matter. 



MR. ANNIN : In regard to this bulletin that has been 

 spoken of last year and which was entitled "li^ruit as ?ood, 

 we simply took up the principal fruits that are raised in 

 Massachusetts and tried to emphasize tho right time to can 

 and the necessity for canning. Those bulletins were very 

 popular. We distributed them through the members of this 

 Association and also through retailers, sending men out to 

 the principal towns of the state, to the retail stores, and asked 

 them if they wouldn't use them with their customers. It 

 was taken up very M'ell, and over 115,000 copies were distrib- 

 uted, and from returns we have heard, I think the results 

 were good. 



In regard to this matter, I want to say that I think I 

 •can speak for the State Board of Agriculture that it Avould be 

 Tery glad to do something of this kind this year, because we 

 iDelieve that advertising Massachusetts fruit products is one 

 t)f the functions that the state can properly do, and we 

 should be very glad to co-operate with this Association in 

 something of this kind. 



THE CHAIRMAN : You have heard the motion, gentle- 

 men, that recipes be compiled and distributed in whatever 

 manner is best. Are there any other remarks on this ques- 

 tion ? 



MR. DAVENPORT : It seems to me that a committee 

 ought to be provided to carry out an advertising campaign, 

 not only take up these recipes, but any other advertising mat- 

 ter that might well come before the Fruit Growers of the 

 state this coming year. 



THE CHAIRMAN : Do you make that as an amendment 

 to the motion ? 



