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PROCEEDINGS OF BUSINESS SESSIONS 



locality in the state where the demand is urgent and the need mani- 

 fest. 



Resolved, That we favor the appropriation of fifty thousand 

 dollars by the Legislature for the purpose of building greenhouses at 

 the New York State College of Agriculture, in which to carry on 

 investigations in vegetable and flower culture, and that we hereby 

 instruct our legislative committee to work jointly with the florists' 

 associations in procuring such appropriation. 



Under the head of new business, the following actions were taken: 

 We, the members of the New York State Vegetable Growlers' 

 Association, respectfully call the attention of the Honorable Secretary 

 of Agriculture of the United States to the great need of additional 

 statistical information regarding the acreage and condition of the fol- 

 lowing important vegetable crops, namely, cabbage, celery and onions, 

 in order that destructive competition between producing sections 

 may be avoided. Be it resolved, that the Honorable Secretary of 

 Agriculture be requested to add these crops to the list now reported 

 upon in the Crop Reporter published by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the third 

 annual meeting of the New York State Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion be held at the New York State College of Agriculture during 

 Farmers' Week, 1913. 



It was moved, seconded, and carried, that the Secretary be 

 instructed to endeavor to hold several meetings of the New York 

 State Vegetable Growers' Association in different sections of the state. 



The following officers were nominated and elected to serve for the 

 ensuing year: President, C. R. White; vice-president, M. H. 

 Holmwood; secretary, Paul Work; treasurer, C. H. Aldrich. 



