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Mr. Hinman: "I think general legislation of that character 

 will not accomplish much, and I am pretty doubtful about the 

 last part of that report. I presume every one in the hall knows 

 the result of the Massachusetts law as to this particular disease. 

 It seems to me, to go before our General Assembly now, when 

 Connecticut is doing what it does for this Society, and for the 

 Dairymen's Association, and the Board of Agriculture, — to go 

 and ask them for an appropriation on a matter that we are none 

 of us absolutely certain about would be a mistake. It seems to 

 me that the state is already doing in the way of appropriating for 

 this and that a great deal for us, and that we had better as 

 farmers, and pomologists, and as dairymen and general farmers, 

 go a little slow. We want to ask for less, and then we shall be 

 in a condition later on to tell other people who are asking for 

 thousands and thousands where we get hundreds to ask less 

 from Connecticut, and then, when we know, and have made 

 up our minds what we want, we will be in a much better posi- 

 tion to get it. That is the way it seems to me. I simply make 

 that suggestion because I believe that as farmers we can take 

 care of this matter when we find out what it is, and because we 

 might get turned down even if we ask for but little. Even if 

 we got a thousand dollars it would amount to absolutely noth- 

 ing. It would not eradicate any disease. It would simply put a 

 thousand dollars into somebody's pocket. I do not believe it is 

 a good plan." 



Mr. Barnes: "Mr. Hinman has an incorrect idea of that. 

 That thousand -dollar appropriation was not intended for the use 

 of any commission to control any insect pest, but simply for the 

 use of the Society in paying necessary expenses. There is no 

 special insect or disease mentioned in that report that we want 

 the money for specially, but it is for the general expenses of the 

 Society." 



Mr. Hale: "There are two recommendations of the com- 

 mittee, and it is the last one that Mr. Hinman objects to, but 

 it appears he is a little mistaken." 



Mr. Hinman: "I don't know whether I am or not yet. I 

 think before we pass that we better know just exactly what that 

 second part means." 



Mr. Hale: "I am in full sympathy with any work in legis- 



