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schools are being combined and consolidated so as to secure 

 better equipment and teachers ; where instruction in topics 

 pertaining- to the farm is systematically administered, and 

 in some instances required by law. There the industry 

 already feels the stimulus due to this policy, and there is no 

 doubt of the effect it is destined to work. 



To the farmers of the Bay State, a State so famous for its 

 educational wisdom and development, I can bring no more 

 important word than to commend to your consideration this 

 matter of education as applying to your business in larger 

 measure than ever before, and with such broad scope that 

 it shall include the boys and girls in the country schools. 

 May the day soon come when farming shall be the most 

 profitable and attractive pursuit in New England, and when 

 farmers shall constitute an industrial class truly educated for 

 and proud of their calling. 



SECOND DAY. 



The morning session was opened at 10.30 o'clock by 

 Secretary Ellsworth, who introduced Mr. William A. Kil- 

 bourn of Lancaster as the presiding oiEcer. 



The Chair. It is a pleasure to preside at the meeting 

 this morning and to meet so many of you. 



I have the pleasure of introducing to you Dr. Joseph L. 

 Hills, director of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, who will speak on "Dairy precept and dairy 

 practice." 



Dr. Hills. It is no mere lip service when I say that 

 I am glad to come to Massachusetts. Massachusetts born, 

 bred and educated, it seems very much like coming home 

 when I return to the Bay State. I have learned, in my 

 nearly twenty years of life on the shores of Lake Cham- 

 plain, to love the old Green Mountain State through and 

 through ; and I hope my children as they arrive at ma- 

 turity may look back upon the glorious scenery of its 

 Champlain valley with the same heartfelt love that .1 feel 

 for the environments of Boston and of the Connecticut val- 

 ley around Amherst, where I was educated. 



