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Voted, That the secretary petition the Legislature to es- 

 tablish an agricultural experiment station. 



On motion of Mr. Moore, it was 



Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Board, that a sura 

 not less than ten thousand dollars should be appropriated 

 by the Legislature for the repair of the buildings of the 

 Agricultural College, and the erection of a small stable, and 

 a further appropriation to build a drill-hall. 



On motion of Mr. Hadwen, it was 



Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Board, that any 

 agricultural society receiving the bounty of the Common- 

 wealth, that shall support a free scholarship at the Agricul- 

 tural College, ought to be allowed a sum additional to their 

 annual bounty of seventy-five dollars. 



On motion of Mr. Varnum, it was 



Voted, That each delegate to the State Board should write 

 a brief historical sketch of his society, to be edited by the 

 secretary, and printed in the next Annual Report. 



Dr. J. P. Lynde read the following essay upon " The Sani- 

 tary Essentials of the Home and Farm." 



Massachusetts affords a great diversity of eligible farm-sites, 

 many most beautifully located, affording fine views of natural 

 scenery worth a journey to behold. 



All are convenient to routes of transportation by high- 

 way, raih-oad, or water carriage, communicating directly 

 with markets in town and city. Her climate is changeable 

 and rigorous, her atmosphere bracing and invigorating, the 

 water from her mountain-streams and hillside springs pure, 

 fresh, and abundant. 



Within her borders the subtle malaria that in many parts 

 of our country depresses the energies of men by fevers and 

 general unhealthfulness is hardly known or feebly felt. 



Yet so diversified is her soil and surface by river, lake, 

 swamp, marsh, alluvial and sandy plain, by cultivation and 

 vegetation, from stately forest to shrub and grass, and so 

 near is she to the ocean and its influences, that all locali- 

 ties are not equally salubrious and healthy ; and, far transcend- 



