278 HENRY HILL GOODELL 



At the very first intimation of a movement in the national 

 House of Representatives, looking towards the establish- 

 ment of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the me- 

 chanic arts, the Board of Agriculture promptly placed 

 itself on record. At a meeting held April 7, 1858, it was 



Resolved, That this Board do most heartily approve of the 

 objects of a bill presented in the House of Representatives 

 in Congress, December 14, 1857, by Hon. Justin S. Morrill 

 of Vermont, requesting Congress to donate public lands to 

 each State and Territory which may provide colleges for 

 the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts; and that 

 our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested 

 to render their best aid in securing the passage of said bill 

 into a law; and that our secretary be requested to serve 

 each of our Senators and Representatives with a copy of 

 the above. 



At a meeting of the Board, January 8, 1861, Mr. Levi 

 Stockbridge of Hadley offered the following resolution: — 



Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Board, the time has 

 arrived for the inauguration of measures tending to the es- 

 tablishment of an agricultural school of high grade under 

 the patronage of the Commonwealth. 



At a meeting held the 25th of the same month, on motion 

 of Mr. James S. Grinnell of Greenfield, it was 



Resolved, That this Board, believing that the establish- 

 ment of an agricultural school would advance the interests 



