130 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



lecture-, town shows, or otherwise, the nature of the assistance which 

 would be most acceptable to the members of the club, and all other 

 necessary information, should be forwarded to me, when, if it is practi- 

 cable, the club may be furnished with copies of the Reports of the 

 Board, and with one or more agents to take part in the discussions or 

 lecture according to circumstances. 



Please state explicitly, therefore, if it is proposed to ask any aid, what 

 is wanted, and on what special subject it is desirable the agent should 

 speak, the time when the meetings will he held, &c. 



Any club which may be formed, or any (duh now in existence which 

 may wish to avail itself of the provisions of the above named Act, will 

 lie expected to conform to said Act by making the required returns at 

 the time specified, and to aid the Board in collecting facts and statistics 

 relating to agriculture if it should hereafter be desired. 

 Very truly, your obedient servant, 



Charles L. Flint, 

 Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



At the annual meeting, held in January, 1860, it was — 



Resolved, That in the opinion of this Board it is not expedient to 

 incorporate any more agricultural societies receiving the bounty of the 

 State. 



At the same meeting it was — 



Resolved, As the opinion of this Board, that a system of agricultural 

 education should be adopted and form a part of the educational system 

 of the State. 



Voted, That a committee of three he* selected to prepare a plan for 

 carrying the above resolution into effect, and to report the same to this 

 Board lor further action. 



The committee consisted of Messrs. Fay, "Wilder and Brown. 

 At the meeting of the Board on the 1st of February, Mr. 

 Fay, as chairman of the committee, presented the following 



REPORT. 



The Committee to whom was referred the consideration of a 

 plan for agricultural education, to be connected with, and to 

 form a part of, the general educational system of the State, 

 beg leave to report : — 



That they have given to the subject the attention which its 

 paramount importance to the interests of agriculture justly 



