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ing the several branches of farming, but each organization is 

 striving to make nse of a portion of the State funds entrusted 

 to it for the best interests of the State at large. 



Whether it is best to continue this plan of individual So- 

 ciety work, with its attending evils of friction, rivalry and 

 misunderstanding and more or less waste of time and funds, 

 or whether to place the work entirely in the hands of a cen- 

 tral bureau, with a single' official in charge, is the problem to be 

 solved. Certain it is that the latter plan is in successful opera- 

 tion in most of the other States, and what is good enough for 

 them ought to be for Connecticut, modified, of course, to suit 

 our peculiar conditions. 



Without doubt, some State law regulating and defining 

 the scope of the work is greatly needed. 



The Pomological Society would welcome any change that 

 will tend to bring about an improvement in the conduct of 

 farmers' institutes and result in the greatest good to the great- 

 est number. 



