22 State Board of Agriculture, &c., 



Whereas, There are many questions which need to be 

 determined by accurate and careful experiments, and 



Whereas, Professor Henry M. Seely of Middlebury has 

 signified his willingness to give, without remuneration, a 

 portion of his time to such investigations and experiments, 

 therefore, it is 



Voted, That the Vermont Board of Agriculture, Man- 

 ufactures and Mining do "establish the Vermont Experiment 

 Station, to be under the control of this Board, and tliat the 

 same be placed in the charge of Professor Henry M. Seely 

 as superintendent. 



Voted, That the superintendent be authorized to make, 

 or cause to be made by others, such investigations and 

 experiments as shall seem to him likely to simplify and 

 explain the relations of science to agriculture, make addi- 

 tions to our knowledge and skill in the cultivation of the 

 soil, and raising and care of stock, and protect us from fraud 

 and imposition. Such investigations to be without expense 

 to the Board or the State. 



C. HORACE HUBBARD, for Committee. 



The report was accepted and the votes unanimously 

 passed. 



HENRY M. SEELY, Secretary. 



