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the fodder. It is for this reason not the proper thing to con- 

 struct a silo in loose soil. It would be far better to line it 

 with some suitable material, and use it year after year for 

 the same purpose. 



Mr. Whittaker. I want, before this meeting dissolves, 

 to submit a resolution ; and I would like to state the reason 

 why I submit it. When it was first announced that the 

 Board of Agriculture was to hold its annual session in South- 

 borough, there was a good deal of criticism elicited in con- 

 nection with it. It was thought highly preposterous to make 

 the attempt to hold this meeting of the Board in a small 

 place like Southborough, where there was not a hotel within 

 four or five miles of the town ; and how we were going to 

 manage it, and how we were going to get an audience to 

 listen to tlie addresses that might be delivered, was a ques- 

 tion that nobody could solve. When I came here the other 

 morning, I supposed the meeting commenced at the usual 

 time, ten o'clock; and I got here about eight, in order to be 

 present at the opening of the meeting. It seemed to me a 

 remarkably quiet place. It was so quiet, I could not get 

 away from the idea that I had made a mistake, and come up 

 on Sunday. But that is not the point. At a great many 

 meetings of the State Board previously, it has been supposed 

 that it was necessary to go to some populous centre in order 

 to get an audience. This delusion has been dispelled in 

 Southborough. As I understand, the population of this 

 town is not much over twenty-five hundred. We have had 

 very stormy weather. Yesterday was an exceedingly stormy 

 day, and yet this hall was full. I do not know what we 

 should have done, if it had been a pleasant day, so that 

 people could get here. This hall certainly would not have 

 been large enough to hold the audience. There are ladies 

 enough in Southborough interested in this matter to fill this 

 hall if it had been a pleasant day. They have been inter- 

 ested enough, small as the place is, to feed us, and feed us 

 well. I do not know that we were ever better fed, better 

 entertained, or better cared for in every respect at any place, 

 however large. 



Now, Mr. President, I submit this resolution : — 



Resolved, That the guests of the State Board of Agriculture desire 

 to express their thanks to the board for holding this meeting in a 

 strictly agricultural district. 



