20 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGJCAL SOCIETY. 



Reports of Standing Committees. 



Stancliff Hale, chairman, reporting for the Committee on 

 ]\Iembership, said that it was important that we build up a 

 large and strong membership for the Society. He urged all 

 present to join, and said the committee would distribute en- 

 \elopes through the audience with the hope that every one 

 present would put in a dollar and help on the good work of 

 the organization. We want you to become either an annual 

 or life member of our Society. 



Report of Committee on Legislation. 



]\Ir. J. H. Hale, Chairman : The past }'ear being a 

 non-legislati\'e year nothing has l)een done by tlie 

 Legislative Committee. -\t tlie present session what- 

 ever matters may be acted upon here will l)e at- 

 tended to by your committee. The one important thing is 

 some amendment or the entire wiping out of our present Deer 

 law. Two years ago your committee, with the help of other 

 societies, got the law amended so that whatever damages the 

 deer might do was to be paid by the state, but under a decision 

 of the Attorney-General the Treasurer has only paid what the 

 actual loss was to the owner, of planting, labor, etc., not al- 

 lowing anything for his hope of profits. We are only breeding 

 these deer in our forests that the so-called sportsmen may kill 

 them. Repeal the law and let our boys wipe them out entirely. 

 They will be killed a little later by the huntsmen. There are 

 probably 2,000 deer in our state todav ; later there mav be 

 10,000, and I would prefer to kill 2,000 than 10,000. When 

 we see them destroying our crops we should have the privilege 

 of killing them. I hope some resolution will be passed at this 

 meeting empowering your Legislati\'e Committee to take that 

 action. 



Report of Committee on Exhibitions. 



\Ir. L. C. Root, Chairman : Our fall exhibition was held 

 on the grounds of the Horse Shoe Agricultural Association at 

 W'illimantic, Sept. 18-20, in connection with their annual fair. 

 The thanks of this society are due to the officers of that associa- 

 tion for the very efficient manner in which they provided for 



