U BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called togeth'er by Chairman Wood, who 

 said : The time has arrived for the meeting to come to 

 ordero Mr. W A. Kilbourn of Lancaster will preside this 

 afternoon. 



Mr. Kilbourn. No department is more important than 

 that which claims our attention this afternoon. Dairying 

 stands at the head, and no man is better informed or better 

 able to give you instruction than the gentleman to whom we 

 have the pleasure of asking you to listen this afternoon, — 

 Ex-Secretary Sessions. 



Mr. Sessions. You are well aware that my connection 

 with agriculture for the last dozen years has been more 

 theoretical than practical. In previous years I did some- 

 thing at farming, and did the best I could. Since then there 

 have been a great many changes, and a great deal of new 

 light has appeared ; a great deal of investigation has been 

 carried on since the time of my active dairying. What I 

 have to present to you, you must receive remembering those 

 conditions. 



