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building. Although the exhibition was somewhat crowded, a 

 very attractive display was made. The quality of the fruit 

 shown was excellent and the display was very effective. 



The programme for the 15th and i6th was as follows: 



Wednesday, Opening Session at ii A. M. — Prayer, Rev. 

 Marcia Selman,_ Canton ; address of welcome, W. W. Blanchard, 

 Canton; response, Prof. W. M. Munson, Orono; President's 

 annual address, Hon. Z. A. Gilbert, Greene. 



Wednesday Afternoon — Our Insect Troubles. At the last 

 annual meeting of the society it was voted — ^That a committee 

 be appointed to urge upon the Legislature the imperative neces- 

 sity of enacting stringent laws for the protection of the fruit 

 interests of the State, and from the brown-tail moth and other 

 noxious insect pests and fungous diseases, and to represent the 

 society in securing the desired legislation. Report of commit- 

 tee, Z. A. Gilbert, Greene; What the Agricultural' Department 

 Has Done, and the Present Situation, Prof. E. F. Hitchings, 

 State Entomologist; What More Can the Society Do? D. H. 

 Knowlton, Farmington; Report of the Committee on New 

 Fruits, Prof. W. M. Munson, Orono. At the last annual meet- 

 ing it was voted : That a standing committee on new fruits be 

 established, and that it shall be the duty of this committee to 

 examine into the merits of new varieties of fruit offered for 

 sale in the State, or which seem likely to be of value to Maine 

 growers, and that this committee shall report at each annual 

 meeting. 



Wednesday Evening — Music. Storage of Fruit. The fol- 

 lowing recommendation was made and approved at the last 

 annual meeting and referred to the Executive Committee — That 

 a committee be appointed to look into the matter of cooperative 

 storage and marketing, suggest plans, make specifications for 

 storage houses, learn what is actually being done in other states 

 and report at the next annual meeting of the society. Recom- 

 mended further, that one session of the next annual meeting 

 be devoted solely to the discussion of this very important sub- 

 ject. As forming a part of their report upon the subject the 

 Executive Committee have arranged the following programme 

 for this session: Home Storage Results, F. H. Morse, Water- 

 ford; music; Cooperative Storage, and the Operation of the 



