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THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



and ask for an increased appropriation, or best for a measure 

 to be presented for a more effective organization of the insti- 

 tute work itself, is a matter upon which I am somewhat in 

 doubt. At the present time I am rather incHned to favor the 

 idea of putting our institute work in charge of a director, who 

 shall organize it and carry it on as it should be. I do not 

 know about this, and, as I say, I am somewhat in doubt as to 

 just what is the best course to pursue. One thing is clear in 

 this matter of going to the legislature for money, and that is, 

 that every society in the state is going there. And that is not 

 only true about every agricultural society, but every institu- 

 tion is going to the legislature for more money. They are 

 not all of them going to get it. Some of them have strong 

 claims, and you must make out an exceedingly strong case 

 in order to get an appropriation in the face of this universal 

 demand for money. The question now is, can we make the 

 strongest case by going before the legislature and simply 

 representing the interests of this Society on the line of insti- 

 tute work, or can we make the strongest case by going in as 

 a part of a general agricultural department, thoroughly organ- 

 ized and placed under efficient management, and asking for 

 an adequate appropriation to carry on the instituted work for 

 increased agricultural education. That is the question. 



The President: My understanding of this matter is that 

 so far as that idea is concerned, it has not been sufficiently 

 developed, and the kindred associations have all made their 

 plea for this appropriation, or, if they have not already done 

 so, the other ones will do so besides our own. Of course, as 

 Mr. Piatt says, they are all asking for money, and what the 

 outcome will be, of course, can not be told at this time. Are 

 there any other remarks? 



Mr. Hale: Mr. President, I want to say just a word. The 

 question before us is just simply this, Mr. President. Do 

 we w^ant to work simply for the Pomological Society, or d,o 

 we want to work for the general agricultural interests of Con- 

 necticut? It is plain, and we all know it at the present time, 

 that we have a State Board of Agriculture, which orig- 

 inally had an appropriation of twenty-five hundred dollars a 

 year, and which some years ago got, as a special appropria- 



