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you to report it to the State Entomologist, Professor Britton 

 of New Haven, without delay. 

 Convention adjourned to 8 p. m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



December 14, 1905. 

 Music. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The President. The Connecticut Board of Agriculture 

 has been in the habit of saving the best part of its program un- 

 til the last. Now you know the ladies must have their say some- 

 times, and the topic for this evening is something peculiarly 

 within woman's sphere, and that is, the necessity of our having 

 some knowledge of what we are eating and drinking, and how it 

 shall be prepared for us. That is a very important subject, 

 and I am very glad to introduce to you this evening Mrs. Sara 

 Walrath Lyons of New York City. 



WHY PRESENT CONDITIONS NECESSITATE A 

 KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIETETIC VALUE OF 

 FOODS. 



By AIrs. Sara Walrath Lyons, New York City. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



Your honored Vice-President's introduction of me this 

 evening leads me to appreciate the fact how more and more 

 thought is becoming revolutionized on the subject of woman's 

 rights. That woman's sphere of usefulness, as instanced in 

 the past, is not now confined wholly to the home and fireside, 

 but that now when she feels that she has some important truth 

 to present — some important message to give to the world — 

 it is quite the proper thing for her to mount the platform and 

 give it. 



