82 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



ask more questions, and that there would be a greater in- 

 terest if there was more opportunity given for that to be done. 

 I doubt whether we will get much chance at this meeting to 

 discuss these various subjects among ourselves, because I see 

 by the program there are fifteen addresses before this con- 

 vention in place of the three that they had then. 



I suppose when we close there will be some resolutions, 

 but Mr. Collingwood will not be with us then. He has given 

 us one of the very best and most practical addresses I ever 

 heard, and I ^ wish that we might give him a vote of thanks 

 before he goes home, so that he will know^vhat we have done, 

 and not have to wait to get it by and by from our secretary. 

 I move him a vote of thanks. 



Motion seconded and unanimously passed. 



The Vice-President. One word relative to the farmers' 

 institutes back in 1888 and '89. My attention was first called 

 to the farmers taking an interest in them in the State of New 

 York. I was then president of the Five States' Milk Asso- 

 ciation, and consequently spent a good deal of time in New 

 York. I was invited to attend one of these institute meet- 

 ings, and I was perfectly surprised at what I saw. They had 

 the most learned men in the place there. They had the best 

 men there were, and, on the other hand, they had the young- 

 est children in the place, the boys and the girls, all who 

 were old enough to go. The old and the young, they all 

 had a part in it. There was no class left out, and they all 

 asked questions. And there were papers that were read by 

 the ladies which were most excellent, and some by girls 

 in their teens. Some of the finest papers that I ever heard 

 read were from girls attending school. If there is anything 

 that will add to the interest of such an occasion, and help to 

 bring out the young men, the farmers' boys, to the institute, 

 better than any other, it is to let it be known that Mary 

 Smith or Susan Jones is going to read such an article or 

 such a paper on such a topic at such a time. The boys will 



