PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD 

 AT BARRE. 



The Country Meeting of the Board was held at Barre, 

 November 30 and December 1 and 2, and much interest 

 was manifested in the papers and discussions by large audi- 

 ences. Secretary Russell called the meeting to order at 

 9.30 A.M., on Tuesday, November 30, and spoke as fol- 

 lows : — 



In calling this meeting to order, I wish to congratulate 

 the Board upon this beautiful day, and upon the large 

 attendance at our first assembly so early upon the first day. 

 I look forward to one of the most successful and profitable 

 meetings that the Board has ever held. As this is in a 

 region that has the memory of what the Board has been in 

 the habit of looking back to as the best meeting that was ever 

 held in the State, when the great Agassiz was present and 

 lectured with a power and acceptance that perhaps we shall 

 never be able to experience again, I think that, later in our 

 meeting, we shall have a very large attendance of the people 

 of this region ; but it is necessary for us to begin, as usual, 

 with those of the Board who are present, and as a prelimi- 

 nary, I will call Mr. Goddard, the chairman of the local 

 committee, to the chair. 



Mr. J. Henry Goddard of Barre took the chair and 

 said : — 



Gentlemen of the Board of Agriculture, — It becomes my 

 agi'eeable duty at the present time to bid you welcome to 

 this good old town, — a town which has not very much 



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