38 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



No problem so important lias agitated the nations of the old 

 world as that of sustaining their agriculture in view of the 

 improved facilities of transportation and tlie vast amount of 

 products tliat the new lands of this continent are enabled to 

 furnish with the aid of modern implements and machinery. 

 How we may be enabled to adapt our system of agriculture 

 in New England to these changed conditions is the lesson we 

 are to derive from this lecture by Prof. Brewer. 



After each lecture, tliere will be an opportunity for ques- 

 tions to the lecturer upon the subject presented, and we desire 

 that the audience shall be free in asking their questions. 

 Every speaker who comes upon the stand comes with the 

 understanding that he is to be questioned upon the points 

 that he makes. If they are not perfectly clear, question him. 

 If you have any doubt with regard to his statements, question 

 him. If you believe they are so important that you want 

 them repeated, question him. Let it be understood that this 

 is a place for free discussion. 



A question box is provided, in which you are invited to put 

 any questions of an agricultural nature, and, although we do 

 not promise to answer every one, we will do the best we can. 

 We shall have gentlemen in the audience who will be quali- 

 fied to answer such questions both practically and scientifi- 

 cally. Farmers of Newtown and vicinity, I want to assure 

 you that we have gathered here a circle of gentlemen who 

 are intelligent in matters of agriculture, and who can answer 

 these questions if there is any body who can. 



I have thus gone through in brief the entertainment that 

 we offer you here at this time, and we hope that it will be 

 accepted as heartily and freely as it is given, and that the 

 farmers of Newtown and vicinity will be here in force to enjoy 

 it, and that our friends from abroad, in turn as they look out 

 upon these pastures and fields of Newtown will admire what 

 has been done here in improving the agriculture of the 

 State. 



The Chairman. You are now to have the pleasure of 

 listening to a lecture from Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, of South 

 Framingham, Mass. 



