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City of Washington for their annual meeting, therefore, I would like 

 to have the motion so changed that it would not of necessity come 

 during the month of November when so many of us have to go to 

 Washington." 



MR. BOWMAN: "I will say in answer to Prof. Towar, we have 

 some experiment station men on the executive committee and that 

 was discussed and all agreed that after the 15th of November they 

 were free. The question of October was discussed and several states 

 including my own, stated they could do nothing in October. We could 

 not go to one at that time ami it was the sense of the Montana people 

 that just after the 15th. of November would be a good time and would 

 not interfere with the experiment stations. However, the absolute 

 date is left to the Executive Committee and of course we want to see 

 that the session is a success and all these various matters and con- 

 ditions in the city where the session is held will be taken into con- 

 sideration before the date is set. All that the committee wanted to 

 get was the general sense of the Congress, whether to meet in the fall 

 or the spring." 



PROF. TOWAR: "Answering that, I would say, as a rule these 

 director's meeting in Washington begin about the 10th of November. 

 The National Livestock Show is about the last two or three days of 

 November and a large majority of the experiment station men make 

 the trip, starting from here about the first of November and spend 

 a good portion of the month. The meeting this year began on the 

 10th and lasted until the 20th of November, in the City of Washington." 



GOV. BROOKS, (presiding) : "As I understand the question, it 

 is simply an indication that the fall meetings are preferred, but still 

 leaves the matter entirely in the hands of the Executive Committee. 

 The Chair is not exactly clear on this. It seems to me we could leave 

 it to the Executive Committee." 



MR. BOWMAN: "I do not know who offered it; somebody offered 

 the resolution to the Resolutions Committee, and they referred it to 

 the Executive Committee, and feeling that somebody wanted the meet- 

 ing in the fall, it was taken under discussion in the Executive Com- 

 mittee, and decided to put it before this Congress in this manner." 



GOV. BROOKS (presiding) : "It strikes me from careful listening 

 to the resolution that it pretty nearly instructs the Executive Com- 

 mittee to call the Congress during November. That may be desirable 

 in some states and in some states it may not. It strikes me that we 

 have a pretty good Executive Committee and we should leave it to 

 their discretion'.' 



A DELEGATE; "I move the resolution be laid on the table." 



A DELEGATE: "I second the motion." 



A DELEGATE: "I am afraid we will make a mistake if we lay 

 that on the table." 



GOV. BROOKS (presiding) : "The motion before the congress is 

 that the resolution be adopted as read." 



