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for the first time, tliat the citizens of Barre bid them a 

 hearty welcome ; that we hope they will make our homes 

 their homes while they may remain with us ; that we wish 

 you to come among us and make our acquaintance, and we_ 

 will make all the efforts we can to make your acquaintance. 

 And, lest some might be overlooked in the great hiterest we 

 have in your discussions, we have appointed a sub-committee, 

 consisting of Messrs. A. H. Holland, J. H. Goodrich, J. F. 

 Snow and James F. Davis, whose duty it will be to find 

 accommodations • for any one who may not have them, 

 and I hope that any gentlemen so situated will feel at lib- 

 erty to give their names to the members of this committee, 

 and we sliall take great pleasure in welcoming you to our 

 homes. 



But, as has been said by the chairman, you have come 

 here for another purpose than to listen to us ; and I will not 

 detain you longer, except to repeat that we welcome you 

 here ver}^ heartily, and we hope especially that the friends 

 from the adjoining towns Avill come to our homes ; that they 

 will not go away until the session is closed. We want you 

 to stay with us night and day ; not come to-day and go home 

 at night, and, perhaps, not come to-morrow. We have 

 taken special pains to circulate notices of this meeting in the 

 adjoining towns, and we. wish our friends to come here and 

 remain with us imtil the final adjournment of the Board. 



The chairman then introduced the Hon. Harris Lewis, of 

 Herkimer County, New York, who was received with hearty 

 applause, and proceeded to address the convention, on the 

 subject announced in the programme. 



DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 



BY HON. HARRIS LEWIS. 



To the members of the State Board of Ao-riculture of this 

 Commonwealth, and the ladies and gentlemen present, I will 

 tender, at this time, my thanks for the cordial greeting ex- 

 tended to me on my appearance. I come here before you 

 under many disadvantages ; first, being a working farmer, 

 a dairyman who has milked his seven cows in the morning 

 up to yesterday, and labored in the field every day in prepar- 



