Public MEETiNas. 23 



PUBLIC MEETINGS 



OF THE 



VERMONT STATE BOAB.D 



OF 



Agilailtiii,, ManuiacturQi mi Mmlis. 



Twenty-seven public meetings have been held at various 

 points in the State by the Board since the appointment of 

 the present members. Invitations have come from various 

 agricultural associations and from individuals, and in accord- 

 ance with these solicitations the two dav meeting's have 

 been held. While the programmes have been widely varied, 

 the form and purpose of the gatherings have been substan- 

 tially the same. The people have felt that the meetings 

 were their own ; they have officered them from their own 

 number, have entered into the exercises with spirit, and 

 have taken up the discussions with an intelligence and an 

 enthusiasm that has been most gratifying. 



A general report of one meeting may characterize ail. 



If the Board has met for the first time with the farmers 

 of the place, the first session usually opens with a small 

 number, the second session is well attended, and from that 

 time on the rooms are crowded. Hegrets are expressed by 

 tlie late comers that they did not earlier know the charac- 



