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in which all organizations and all individuals 

 who are interested in any phase of this subject 

 may meet for discussing New England problems ? 

 Could not boards of agriculture co-operate to 

 some extent, especially in farmers' institute work 

 with general plans and ideas ? Certainly con- 

 ferences between these boards ought to yield 

 most valuable results. Is the idea of a genuine 

 New England fair a mere dream ? 



Cannot the Granges of New England profit- 

 ably co-operate more fully ? It is true that there 

 is considerable intervisitation, and yet the rank 

 and file of members in one state know compara- 

 tively little of the progress and methods of the 

 Grange in an adjoining state; this knowledge 

 is confined to a few leaders. Would it not be 

 worth while to attempt an occasional New Eng- 

 land assemblage of Grange members, a repre- 

 sentative gathering for discussing Grange work 

 and for enthusing the Grange people of New 

 England with the possibilities of still further 

 Grange development ? 



The idea of New England as a unit of interest 

 in church matters is already exemplified by the 

 appointment of a New England secretary of the 

 federation of churches. It is not too much to 

 expect that, in the near future, all the means 



