204 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



President Rogers: My friends of the Pomological So- 

 ciety, it has been a pleasure for me in the last year to work 

 with you, and for this reason : I am a member of several differ- 

 ent societies of this state, I have worked with several differ- 

 ent associations, but I never worked with an association that 

 gave me more support than the Pomological Society has given 

 me. All I am going to say now is merely to thank you for the 

 honor you have visited upon me by re-electing me to this high 

 position, and, thanking yovi all, we will proceed with our 

 business. 



]\Ir. Curtiss : Mr. President, I think the Publicity Com- 

 mittee with their report offered a resolution, and I think no 

 action has been taken upon that resolution. I would ask that 

 the secretary please read the resolution. 



Secretary Miles read the following: 



Resolutions. 



Whereas, An impression has prevailed in the country at 

 large that the soils of Connecticut are not generally suited 

 to profitable agriculture, and 



Whereas, The members of this society and its friends are 

 convinced that such impression is not correct, and have been 

 engaged in a serous eft"ort to disprove it, and to maintain the 

 agricultural reputation of the State, and 



Whereas, No other one thing is of such importance in 

 this work as a soil survey made under the authority of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Now, therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved, By. the Connecticut Pomological society, assem- 

 bled in its twentieth annual meeting, that Hon. James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, be and hereby 

 is, urgently requested to have prepared and published a soil 

 survey of the whole State of Connecticut as rapidly as the 

 work can be done, so that the results can be published within 

 one year, and be it further 



Resolved, That our senators and representatives in Con- 

 gress are requested to do all in their power to impress upon 

 the Secretar}^ of Agriculture the importance of this work to 



