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offered by my friend Mr. Griiinell. I can say that the Board 

 has had no more useful, practical member than Mr. Damon. 

 I have known him, as I have said, for many years ; and his 

 example as a farmer in Middlesex County has done a great 

 deal for the farming of that section in which he lives. More 

 than that, he has a reputation which any man would desire, 

 — the reputation of an honest man. 



Mr. E. F. BowDiTCH. I would like to add a word. I 

 saw Mr. Damon last Sunday afternoon. I have seen him 

 several times during his long illness, and he has expressed 

 very great interest in view of this meeting, and Sunday 

 afternoon, which was the hundredth day he had been con- 

 fined to his bed, suffering all the time, he desired to be 

 remembered most kindly to his associates ; and he wished me 

 to express his earnest wish for the success of the meeting, 

 which I promised to report to him as soon as it was over. 



The resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. 



Gov. Long then addressed the meeting as follows : — 



Gentlemen of the Board, — As it will be impossible 

 for me to be present during the afternoon session, I feel it to 

 be my duty to express the great satisfaction with which I 

 have been present on this day. It would not be becoming, 

 it would not be true, if I, not an expert in farming, should 

 make a pretence of special interest in agriculture or knowl- 

 edge of it ; but I do claim to feel a most emphatic interest 

 in the general subject lying at the foundation of the interests 

 and the welfare of the Commonwealth. But, more than 

 that, the specific reason why I am with you to-day is, because 

 I believe it is the duty of the representative of the Common- 

 wealth of Massachusetts, who holds an honorary position on 

 this Board, to be present at least once during its meetings, 

 so as to show the interest which the Commonwealth feels in 

 the general subject of agriculture, and to express, however 

 poorly, the tribute of respect which she ought to pay to the 

 men who are promoting that science. 



There are a great many special reasons why the morning- 

 has been spent pleasantly, and why, if I had any report to 

 carry back, it would be a report full of satisfaction. It is 

 certainly most significant, that, on this stormy day, this hall 

 has been filled with such an intelligent and interested body 



