No. 4.] WORK OF COLLEGE AND STATION. 185 



THIRD DAY. 



Secretary Sessions called the meeting to order at about 

 9.45, and said : We have been very fortunate indeed in our 

 weather for this meeting, but to-day the skies seem a little 

 forbidding, and there is considerable moisture in the air, yet 

 I am very much pleased to see the number present, notwith- 

 standing the forl)idding weather. Our program to-day is 

 of a different character from that of the past two days, 

 and is somewhat different from what we have presented to 

 the people at the meetings of the State Board in years 

 previous ; but it was decided upon with the idea that the 

 farmers of the Commonwealth should be brought into closer 

 touch with the State agricultural organizations, College, 

 Experiment Stations, Cattle Commission and Board of Agri- 

 culture, and I hope the gentlemen present will feel at lib- 

 erty to ask questions and make suggestions for the future 

 conduct and management of these institutions. 



The committee has asked Mr. W. W. Rawson, who is 

 well known to you as a member of the Board for a number 

 of years, to preside this morning, and I have the pleasui'e 

 of introducinii: Mr. Raavson. 



Upon assuming the chair, Mr. Rawson said : Gentlemen, 

 It is rather unexpected to me to be called upon to preside at 

 this meeting, therefore I have no preliminary remarks to 

 make, and, as we have three subjects before us this fore- 

 noon, I think the best thing for us to do is to start in with 

 the first one, which is, " Work of the Agricultural College 

 and Hatch Experiment Station." We have a gentleman 

 present, well known to you all, one who has been to foreign 

 countries and brought home ideas to us. He is professor 

 of agriculture in the college. I now take great pleasure 

 in introducing to you Prof. William P. Brooks of Amherst, 



