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there were no funds for carrying on the fight and pushing 

 the bill through the House and Senate, a verbal agreement 

 was made with certain members of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture. Although it w^as impossible to get any definite 

 agreement in writing, it was verbally understood that a 

 number of the members of the State Board of Agriculture 

 would use their influence toward giving our Association a 

 certain amount of the appropriation made by the State for 

 the encouragement of agriculture. The Act was drawn in 

 such a way that some of this money can be paid to our 

 treasury for the purpose of promoting its interests, and we 

 feel that Ave can work with the State Board of Agriculture 

 for the mutual benefit of both organizations, as has been 

 the case in the past. 



Your committee at the same time looked up the advis- 

 ability of our owning some property and being represented 

 on the State Board of Agriculture, but we found that all of 

 the State aid must be paid for premiums or prizes. If this 

 should be thought advisable by the Association it will only 

 be necessary for us to incorporate and own one thousand 

 dollars' worth of property. Your committee at the present 

 time is not prepared to advise this move, but it may be wise 

 at some time in the future. This money would not cover 

 our required expenditures, as nearly all our work consists 

 in the securing of speakers on up-to-date subjects and dem- 

 onstration work. With the aid which we should secure 

 from the State Board Act and the money which should be 

 forthcoming from the increased membership, we should be 

 able to have ohe best speakers at our annual meetings that 

 it is possible to secure. Until the Act is passed, we ask ev- 

 ery member to use every effort possible toward influencing 

 his representative and senator for the interests of our own 

 Association and the State Board. Respectfully submitted : 



HAROLD L. FROST. 



Chairman, for the Committee. 



Mr. Frost. The act asked for $5,000 for the promo- 

 tion or encouragement of agriculture, and that act was 

 drawn so loosely that some of the money could be given for 

 the use of the Fruit Growers' Association. 



Mr. Ellsworth. You meant, drawn so broadly? 



Mr. Frost. So broadly, yes. That was a slip of the 

 tongue. (Laughter). I want to say that the act called for 



