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your meeting. That was the suggestion that I made to my friend, 

 and I believe, from my conversation with others, it would be a 

 general desire, provided it could be reasonably well carried out. 



The CHAIR: Are there any other remarks? Or any other places 

 to be presented? 



MR. TEMPLE: I would like to invite the Board to meet with us 

 at West Chester. I do not think there has been a meeting of the 

 Board or Round-up held there for fifteen or twenty years. There was 

 one held there in October when Secretary Edge was Secretary of the 

 State Board. We have the Philadelphia and Reading and Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroads running there, and ample hotel accommodations. 



The CHAIR: West Chester has been nominated. 



MR. STOUT: I would like to suggest Lebanon as the place of 

 meeting. 



The CHAIR: Lebanon has been named. Are there any others? 

 If not, we will proceed to take a vote. What is your pleasure in 

 voting? Will you have the roll called and have the members name 

 the place? 



MR. HERR: I move that the roll be called and that each one 

 respond to the place of his choice. 



The SECRETARY: W^e will call the roll of counties, if it is so 

 desired. 



On motion this was agreed to, and the Secretary proceeded to 

 call the roll of counties. 



The SECRETARY: I am prepared to announce the vote. Nine- 

 teen for West Chester,* six for Lock Haven, four for Lebanon and 

 one for Harrisburg. 



The CHAIR: The majority having decided on West Chester as the 

 next place of meeting, it will be so recorded, and the time will be 

 fixed by Deputy Secretary Martin. 



Mr. Temple extended his thanks for the selection of West Chester 

 as the next place of meeting. 



The CHAIR: We shall now be favored with the address of Prof. 

 Voorhees, on the "Composition and Use of Home Manures." 



PROF. VOORHEES: Mr. Chairman, and Members of the State 

 Board of Agriculture: I never discuss this subject without thinking 

 of a story that was told by a friend of mine who was to speak upon 

 the subject in a country place, and the "master of ceremonies," being 

 a rather pompous sort of individual, wanting to make an impressive 

 introduction, stepped forward and said: "I have very great pleasure 



in introducing Mr. this evening, who will talk to you upon 



the subject of manure, and I know the man well enough to know 

 that he is full of his subject." 



