30 BOARD OF AGllICULTURE 



road side in Germany by order of the government, which not only 

 afford shade to the road but yield a revenue. The rock maple tree 

 is a pretty shade tree for the road side, and is valuable for making 

 sugar. The surveyors might be authorized to set out trees and 

 shrubs, which would beautify and shade the road, and serve too 

 to show where it is in winter. 



The following resolution was offered by Z. A. Gilbert of the 

 Board, and unanimously passed : 



Besolved, That it is the sense of this convention that a large 

 portion of the fences in this State, both in country and in town, are 

 useless, and a serious incumbrance, and that we will use our 

 utmost endeavors to encourage the further diffusion of the en- 

 lightened views which have been expressed before this con- 

 vention. 



