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favorably. 



A Directors meeting was called at Horticultural Hail 

 Worcester, D^c. 19th, with a large proportion present. The 

 following business was transacted : 



Report of Committee on New England Fruit Show read 

 and a vote of thanks extended to Professor F. C. Sears, 

 chairman. Suggestions were made as to speakers for the 

 annual meeting. Da^e of the annual meetinar discussed and 

 following committee appointed to report: H. R. Kinney, Dr. 

 F. E. Gilson, F. Howard Brown. 



County Fruit Association, institutes, field meetings, 

 charges for list of members, and ^xtra reports were dis- 

 cussed. Vote of approval to State Board of Agriculture 

 and Senator Gates for work in defeating bill for ten vpar 

 close season on deer. 



Considerable discussion regarding movement to get a 

 state appropriation for the Association. Ways and means 

 presented and the following committee appointed to take 

 the matter up in the new- session of the legislature, Vice 

 President Frost, President Maynard, S. J. Emerson, Lunen- 

 burg. 



Committee on hall for trade exhibit. President, Secre- 

 tary, H. R. Kinney. 



The Vice President and Secretary attended the Rural 

 Progress Conference at the State House, March 8th as dele, 

 gates. It was the largest gathering ever held in New Eng- 

 land of representatives of the rural life, and much good 

 should result. 



At the session of the State Grange at Worcester in De- 

 cember a resolution was endorsed which approved of the 

 Association receiving an appropriation from the State, and 

 the amount reported by the legislative committee was $500. 



A month ago a circular letter was sent out stating the 

 standing of each member as shown by the books. An ad- 

 vance list of probable speakers of this meeting was also in- 

 corporated so that two birds were killed with one stone. 

 While the purpose of the letter was particularly to notify 

 those members who were more than two years in arrears, 

 many of those who were paid to date responded with their 

 dues for 1912 and the new button was forwarded with re- 

 ceipt. 



At the later institutes also the members have been eag- 



