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endeavor to keep on the same way that I have begun, manur- 

 injj and cultivating. 



Mr. Wood. What varieties have you ? 



Mr. Perry. I set out a good deal according to your rec- 

 ommendation. I set out 1,035 Baldwins. 



The Chairman. We have now but a very few minutes, 

 and I want to hear from the Secretary. 



Secretary Sessions. I suppose, Mr. Chairman, it is about 

 time to bring this meeting to a close. I do not propose to 

 add anything to the discussion specially before us, but I want 

 to say to you, as representing the Great Barrington people 

 and the Housatonic Valley and South Berkshire, that I be- 

 lieve the Board considers this one of its most successful 

 meetings. In the matter of attendance we are more than 

 pleased, although, of course, we should have been better 

 pleased with a little larger audience to-day ; but I under- 

 stand that is considerably accounted for l)y the annual meet- 

 ing of the Berkshire Society at Pittsfield, of which many 

 farmers in this vicinity are meml^ers. The record has been 

 kept of the attendance at these public Avinter meetings since 

 1887, and I asked my clerk, who is familiar with those 

 fiijures, to ofive me an estimate of how the attendance through 

 this meeting compared with those we have had since then, 

 and it is verv much in favor of the Great Barrin2:ton meetino;. 

 I say this that you people of Great Barrington, while you 

 may feel that you have not done all you ought, may feel that 

 you have given a creditable reception to the Board and have 

 had a well-attended meeting. I think that the Board should 

 express its thanks to the Housatonic Society and the people 

 of Great Barrington for the manner in which we have been 

 received, and if one of the members of the Board will make 

 the motion, the chairman will put it, I have no doubt. 



Mr. CusHMAN. Mr. Chairman, before this meeting shall 

 close, as a member of this Board from the extreme limit of 

 the Commonwealth, I wish to make a motion that this Board 

 express to this Housatonic Valley Society and to the people 

 of Great Barrington generally its appreciation of their kind- 

 ness, of their hospitality, and of their cordial greetings ; 

 that we fully appreciate the pleasantness of our visit here 

 and our accommodations, and that we leave with the kindest 

 feelino-s to all. 



