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cessively. Or if that were too big an undertaking, that could 

 be reduced to three. Such an arrangement would make the 

 expenses a great deal less. One set of expenses would take 

 care of the three days. I would like to hear it discussed. 



Mr. Bonney: There are quite a number of growers on 

 Long Island that personally I did not know about, and I think 

 perhaps most of us do not. They are engaged in a line of 

 work which would interest greenhouse men in a way, cold 

 frame work. I understand there are several hundred of 

 those men who are doing splendid work down there. They 

 are isolated and have no organization. Are they not entitled 

 to know what we are doing and to get in touch with us? It 

 was brought to me that possibly those men, if we had some- 

 thing definite to offer them, might come in. 



Mr. Cook: As I came into the room, I was talking with 

 Mr. Pickell in regard to what the Farm Bureau might do for 

 this organization. I have been talking also with Mr. Rogers. 

 We thought it was just possible that we might be able to in- 

 terest some of these Farm Bureau men to talk cooperation 

 for us. Mr. Rogers, I think, has helped our organization in 

 Chautauqua County. We might be able to do that, and after 

 we had a representation of so many men in such a locality 

 that wished to fprm a cooperative organization, it would 

 seem that it would be a good idea then to have a meeting 

 there. Say take two speakers, Mr. Work and some other 

 good man, get this body of men together, and talk coopera- 

 tion to them to see if they were not willing to form a local 

 organization which would affiliate with the state organization. 

 It seems as if we could get to a number of the smaller towns. 

 We are getting fine results in the' South Shore by having 

 members in the small towns. I believe if we can get this 

 started in the right way, they will come themselves. The 

 growers will have to do some work themselves. It would be 

 splendid if the men here today would go home and get twenty 

 together, get the speakers there, form an organization, and 

 affiliate. 



Mr. Work : I would say we are doing pretty nearly that 

 thing through our office, corresponding with localities and 

 men we think would be interested. We have available one 



