REPORT 



OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONNECTICUT STATE 

 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



AT 

 Hartford, Conn., December 14, is, and i6, 1904. 



MORNING SESSION. 



Hartford, Conn., December 14, 1904. 



Convention called to order at 10.45 -'^- m. in Unity Hall, 

 Hartford, by Secretary James F. Brown. 



Secretary Brown. The hour having arrived, the conven- 

 tion will be opened with an invocation by the Reverend Rock- 

 well Harmon Potter of this city. 



Rev. R. H. Potter. Let us pray. Almighty God, our 

 Heavenly Father, Thou returnest the seasons unto the children 

 of men. It is Thy covenant that summer and winter, seed time 

 and harvest, shall not cease from the face of the earth. We 

 give Thee thanks that Thou hast given unto men the fulfillment 

 of this Thy pledge through the generations that are gone, and 

 we can gather before Thee in trust that Thou wilt keep that 

 faith with Thy children. Bless, we beseech Thee, those who 

 cultivate the soil. Give unto them rich fruitage from their 

 labors. Bless them in their homes and in their toil. 



Remember, we beseech Thee, with favor this common- 

 wealth. Let Thy grace be given unto those who are in author- 

 ity, and grant, we beseech Thee, that in the hearts of the people 

 righteousness may be found, and in the homes of the people 

 purity and truth may abide, and that unto all men may be 

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