JO BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



Secretary Brown. I invited the Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture of Vermont to be here this afternoon. 

 He wrote me a very interesting letter, regretting exceedingly 

 that he was unable to be present. He said that he was thor- 

 oughly interested in sheep culture, and he believed that nothing 

 which he could think of promised so much success to our New 

 England farms as to see them again covered with generous 

 flocks of sheep. 



Convention adjourned to 7.30 p.m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Tuesday, December 12, 1905. 

 (Music.) 



Convention called to order at 8 p.m., Vice-President Seeley 

 in the chair. 



The President. The hour has arrived for opening the 

 meeting. While the men are arranging the stage for the main 

 address of the evening we will have the question box for a 

 few moments. The Secretary will please read what questions 

 he has. 



Secretary Brown. Mr. President, I think we have two or 

 three questions relating to sheep, but as Dr. Smead is not in 

 the hall I will defer them until we can have the benefit of his 

 expert testimony. 



Now Mr. President, before taking up the regular pro- 

 gramme, I would like to offer the following resolution : 



" WHEREAS, there have been introduced into Congress 

 House Resolutions 285 and 286, appropriating $250,000 for 

 suppressing the Gypsy and Brown-tail moths, and $15,000 for 

 procuring parasitic enemies of such moths, now therefore, 



" RESOLVED, by this convention that our Senators and 

 Representatives are hereby urged to use all honorable means 

 to secure the passage of said resolutions. 



"RESOLVED, further, that the Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture be directed to forward a copy of these 



