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Voted, that the thanks of' the Board be presented to Dr. 

 Hartwcll, and that the paper be published in the Report. 



Monday, Jan. 30th. 



The subject under consideration on Monday, January 30th, 

 was the Agricultural College. This subject was introduced by 

 the report of the committee to which certain resolutions oifcred 

 at the public meeting at Greenfield had been referred. 



After a very full and free expression of opinion on the part 

 of the members from all parts of the State, the following 

 preamble and resolutions were adopted as the sense of the 

 Board : 



Whereas, it appears by the message of his excellency, the 

 governor, and by the report of the trustees of the Agricultural 

 College, that that institution has been located in the town of 

 Amherst, strictly in accordance with the provisions of the law, 

 in that case made and provided, and that a farm has been pur- 

 chased, which, with its surroundings, is, in the judgment of the 

 trustees, eminently fitted for the purposes of the institution, 

 and deeds of warranty taken in the name of the corporation, 

 Therefore 



Resolved, That no action by the Board of Agriculture, on the 

 subject of location, is necessary or desirable. 



Resolved, That the Agricultural College should maintain an 

 intimate relation to the agricultural societies and the farmers of 

 the Commonwealth,- as a means of disseminating practical infor- 

 mation and affording the best means of educating young men 

 for the business of farming. 



Resolved, That for this purpose every effort should be made 

 to connect the State Board of Agriculture, in some way, with 

 the government of the college, for the express object of bringing 

 the agricultural societies into close connection with that institu- 

 tion ; and as the most useful method of combining all the efforts 

 of the Commonwealth in one system of practical agricultural 

 education. 



Tuesday, Jan. 31st. 

 On Tuesday, the Board, by special invitation of Professor 

 Agassiz, held its meeting at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 at Cambridge. The origin and objects of the institution were 



