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imposed upon me, and which he himself could have discharged 

 so much better than I have done it. I have simply endeavored 

 to speak for that college, which so many of us believe in, and 

 which is the child of this Commonwealth ; and I trust that in 

 after years there will be classes of young men sent out from 

 those halls to the hills of Berkshire, who can hold an agricul- 

 tural meeting here, in this town, from which only exact knowl- 

 edge and the best science will flow, for the developing and 

 beautifying of a prosperous agriculture. 



Dr. DuRFEE. I want to make a single remark in regard to 

 one department of the Agricultural College, and that is the bo- 

 tanic. I think that all I have ever done for the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College has been repaid a thousand fold. At the 

 close of the term last year, while I was visiting Amherst, there 

 was an examination of the herbariums of the students, that 

 were brought into the president's office, and one student pre- 

 sented four hundred varieties of the plants of Massachusetts, 

 all attached to his herbarium, and all in perfect order. Now I 

 say, Mr. President, that this one fact coming to my knowledge, 

 was abundant compensation to me for all that I have ever done 

 for the college. 



Col. Wilder. I believe all will agree with me, that we have 

 enjoyed a profitable season while we have been assembled in this 

 hall ; that the sessions have been most useful and interesting, 

 and that for the major part of the success of this meeting we are 

 indebted to the Berkshire Agricultural Society and the good 

 citizens of Pittsfield. I therefore desire to present this Resolu- 

 tion : — 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Massachusetts Board of Ag- 

 riculture are due and are hereby tendered to the Berkshire 

 Agricultural Society and to the good people of Pittsfield for the 

 ample and excellent accommodations provided for the sessions 

 of the Board, and for the courtesy and attention extended to its 

 members. 



Carried unanimously. 



Col. Wilder. I desire also to say, in reply to the remark of 

 the Hon. Mr. Colt, that he hoped we should again visit this 



