AUTUMN SESSION OF THE BOARD. 



A public meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held at the 

 villages of Foxcroft and Dover, Piscataquis county, on Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 30th and 31st, and 

 September 1st and 2d,, which was attended by nearly all the mem- 

 bers of the Board, together with the Faculty of the State College 

 of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, and about thirty students 

 of that institution. A considerable number of the farmers of the 

 vicinitj'^, and others interested, also came in. Much interest was 

 manifested, and it is confidently believed that the meeting will be 

 followed by good results, both local and general. 



The session commenced on Tuesday at 10 o'clock A. M., at 

 Mayo's Hall, and was opened by an address from Calvin Chambeb- 

 LAiN, Esq., of Foxcroft, as follows: 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Maine Board of Agriculture : 



As the resident member of your Committee of Arrangements, I 

 have thought it appropriate for me in a few words to welcome you 

 to the county of Piscataquis. It is pleasant to meet you here in- 

 dividually at any season of the year and welcome you to our 

 homes. It is a great pleasure to see you here together, as the 

 State Board of Agriculture, at this interesting season of the year. 

 For myself, for the committee, and for the citizens of this county, 

 I extend to you our cordial greeting. 



We are here met this morning on the bank of one of our tribu- 

 tary rivers, located in what is often termed " Northern Maine." 

 When you draw a tape-line across the map of the State, from its 

 N. E. to its S. W. point, you will find this village to be in that 

 right line, 31 inches or 155 miles from the N. E. point, and 32 

 inches or 160 miles from the S. W. point of the State. Draw the 

 line from the S. E. angle of the State to its opposite N. W. angle, 

 amd we are again in the right line, 110 miles from the S. E. point, 

 and DO.miles from the N. W. — being nearer the geographical cen- 

 tre of the State than is any other considerable village. Draw the 



