222 • BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called to order at 2.15 by Secretary 

 Sessions, who said : — 



The committee of arrangements have appointed as chair- 

 man for this afternoon a gentleman who is specially 

 interested in the subject we have to discuss, Mr. Francis 

 H. Appleton of Peabody. 



Mr. Appleton. Gentlemen, this is a subject which is 

 undoubtedly of great interest to you, and is undoubtedly 

 of much interest to the State at large, from the fact that 

 quite a number of the executive officers of this State who 

 have been elected by you have seen fit to incorporate in 

 their inaugural addresses a reference to the subject, 

 hoping that the country roads of the State might be 

 improved, and that some system might be adopted which 

 would advance that improvement. To-day we are very 

 fortunate in having with us a gentleman who has given the 

 subject a great deal of attention, and it gives me great 

 pleasure to introduce to you Mr. Olcott of Connecticut, 

 who is an expert in this department. 



