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the matter. I don't believe any public speaker on this question 

 should take any half-way ground ; it has been tested in so many 

 places, the people who have examined it fail to find any merit 

 in it, and why should we waste our time with experimenting 

 with it when other matters need attention? We have experi- 

 ment stations for the purpose of experimenting; let us leave 

 the work to them. 



Secretary Miles : Before we adjourn for the noon hour 

 I would like to speak briefly in regard to our membership. It 

 is not a pleasant duty to be obliged to keep calling this matter 

 to your attention, l)ut we uutst liave your dollars; our work 

 demands them. If you don't renew your membership we 

 have nothing to fall back upon during the year. I cordially 

 invite you all to join this society and help us with your pres- 

 ence and your money ; we need both. We have on hand a 

 number of the back reports of the society, and those members 

 who have not the full set of reports can complete their files 

 so far as we have the numbers on hand. 



At 12.15 a recess was declared until the afternoon session. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention was called to order at 1.40 f(^r the closing 

 session, President Eddy in the chair. 



x\ccording to the program, the first business of the after- 

 noon was the election of ofiicers for the ensuing year. The 

 Committee on Nominatic^ns, appointed the pre\ious day, was 

 called upon to report. 



Mr. J. H. Hale, chairman, reported for the committee as 

 follows : 



Mr. Hale: Mr. President, your committee would report 

 and recommend for officers to serve the coming year the fol- 

 lowing nominations: 



For President — J. H. Putnam, of Litchfield. 



Vice-President — E. Rogers, of Southington. 

 Secretary— H. C. C. Miles, of Milford. 

 Treasurer — Orrin Gilbert, of IMiddletown. 



