SUMMER MEETING OF THE BOARD, 



AT SWANSEA. 



The summer meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held 

 at South Swansea, at the residence of Mr. E. M. Thurston, 

 member of the Board for the Bristol County Agricultural 

 Society, Friday, Aug. 23, 1901. 



At 11 o'clock a.m. the gathering was called to order by 

 Mr. Augustus Pratt, second vice-president of the Board, who 

 introduced as the first speaker Dr. II. H. Goodell, president 

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural College; subject, "The 

 influence of the monks in agriculture." Dr. Goodell was 

 followed by Rev. Calvin Stebbins of Framingham, on " The 

 culture of the civic virtues.'* These addresses are printed as 

 a part of the proceedings of this meeting and are especially 

 noteworthy in their timeliness, research and scope. 



After the addresses dinner was served, followed by speeches 

 by Congressman Wm. S. Greene and J. Milton Reed of 

 Fall River; Gen. Francis H. Apple ton of the Board of 

 Agriculture ; Capt. R. G. F. Candage, president of the 

 Farmers' National Congress ; and Mr. J. P. Brown, sec- 

 retary of the Indiana State Forestry Association. 



