No. l.J RESPONSE OF VICE-PKES. SESSIONS. 17 



We come here for the first tiiiK;, the Board never havino- 

 held a public winter nieetiiiii' in this town. It is time we 

 did hold a nu'otini>' here, — no doubt about that. It has 

 been customary with the Board to go from place to place 

 from yeSiV to year, so as to give all parts of the State an 

 equal opportunity, as far as might be, to receive the advan- 

 tage that such a meeting might give. Lecturers of capabil- 

 ity, whose reputation extends throughout the country, have 

 been employed, and at this meeting we have lecturers who 

 have a reputation outside the United States. 



We thank you, JMr. Chairman, for the cordial welcome 

 you have given us. We hope for a pleasant and profitable 

 meeting, and we shall depend on your citizens to make it 

 such. 



We have for the business of the morning a lecture on 

 "Progressive and profitable poultry culture," by Prof. 

 Arthur A. Brigham of Marlborough, connected with the 

 Columbia School of Poultry Culture. Mr. Brigham, as 

 probably all of you know, is a graduate of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, has been a teacher almost all his 

 life, first, perhaps, or early in his life, in Japan, and later 

 on in Rhode Island, and has been successful, to my personal 

 knowledge, in everything he has undertaken ; and in the 

 subject he will present to you to-day he will give you not 

 only the theory, but his experience. I have the pleasure of 

 introducing to you Professor Brigham. 



