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It was suggested that a pro tempore Chairman might be 

 elected by the Board, wJio should be directed to perform 

 this service. 



On motion of x\. T. Smith, Mr. G. S. Fassett was 

 appointed Chairman pro tempore, and authorized to pass 

 upon the Secretary's bills. 



The Board then adjourned. 



HENRY M. SEELY, Secretary. 



THIRTEENTH BUSINESS MEETING. 



At the call of the Secretary, a meeting was held at Pom- 

 iret, February 3d, 1876, at which the following members 

 were present, viz. : Messrs. Fassett, Hubbard, J. B. Mead, 

 J. H. Mead, Pringle, Smith and Seely. Mr. Fassett, pre 

 viously elected President pro tempore, took the chair. 



In accordance with the notice in the call, the Secretary 

 presented his views on the feasibility of establishing an 

 Experimental Station at Middlebury. After discussing 

 these views, a committee was appointed to consider the 

 matter further, and at an adjourned meeting the following- 

 report was made : 



The committee appointed to consider the subject of an 

 Experimental Station in Vermont have given to the subject 

 the consideration which its importance demands, and unani- 

 monsly recommend that the Vermont Board of Agriculture 

 do establish the second Experimental Station on this conti- 

 nent ; and we submit to the Board the following preamble 

 and vote, the passage of which we recommend : 



