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along. Last March and April, something like fifteen or 

 twenty farmers' institutes were held under the auspices of 

 the Board, but directly by the county societies. I attended 

 quite a number myself; and a good many members of the 

 Board, also, were present at those institutes, and I think 

 they did good. This year, something like a dozen or fifteen 

 are already arranged for, and in one day I had requests to 

 attend seven that are to come off this fall. I have already 

 attended one or two recently. The county societies have 

 generally fallen in very cordially with the request of the 

 Board, and they are holding more or less farmers' institutes 

 every year. So that really there is no difi'erence in our 

 methods of operation, except that, in the case of our Board, 

 we think the details of the work can be done rather better 

 by the local societies. Li every case, however, more or less 

 of the members of the Board have attended those institutes, 

 as many of the members here present very well know. 



Mr. Humphrey. I am glad to be corrected in that mat- 

 ter. I was aware that meetings were held in different parts 

 of the State ; but I did not know that they were held under 

 the auspices of the Board. 



Mr. Flint. I have no doubt that there will be forty insti- 

 tutes held around the State this winter, which will be just as 

 much under the auspices of the Board as the meetings in 

 New Hampshire, except that the local arrangements are 

 made by the societies. I have been willing and glad to 

 attend as many of these meetings as I could without inter- 

 fering with my other duties as Secretary of the Board. 



Adjourned to two o'clock. 



Afternoon SEssioisr. 



The Board met at two o'clock, and the Chairman intro- 

 duced Hon. Edaojnd H. Bennett of Taunton. 



