310 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. [Jan., 



The Chairman. It is with great reluctance, after the pleas- 

 ant time we have spent in Waterbury, that I have to announce 

 the adjournment of this convention. I only regret that it has 

 not been in my power to make the meetings what they would 

 have been in other hands. For my shortcomings I ask your 

 pardon. The convention is now adjourned. 



Note by the Secketart. — The attention of the reader is called to reading 

 between the lines one central idea, which runs through the whole work of the con- 

 vention — the elevation of humanity, making life more worth living. Health and 

 strength are important factors in usefulness and happiness. Material prosperity 

 should be sought as a means, not an end, of existence. Consider the three days' 

 work as a sermon divided into its appropriate heads, and as we accept its teach- 

 ings, our whole State will be made richer and happier. 



