No. 4.] PUBLIC MEETINGS. 219 



EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTES AND PUBLIC 



MEETINGS. 



[Read and accepted at the Annual Meeting, Jan. 9, 1906.] 



The institute meetings are every year becoming- more in- 

 teresting and instructive. As new and improved methods 

 of feeding animals and plants are discovered, a broader field 

 for lecturers to work is opened, making their work not only 

 more interesting, but of greater value. 



Employing competent persons to lecture in different parts 

 of the State gives the farmers an opportunity to listen to 

 new and improved methods of conducting the farm, — meth- 

 ods which decrease the cost of producing the crops, and at 

 the same time increase their value. 



The summer meeting of the Board was held at Lowell, 

 and was well attended by the members and people living in 

 that section of the State. 



The winter meeting was held at Worcester ; it was well 

 attended by members of the Board and others. The lec- 

 tures were both interesting and instructive. They stated 

 many facts which should enable the farmers to get a better 

 understanding of how to produce crops of a better quality 

 at a smaller cost, consequently bringing them a much greater 

 profit. 



Respectfully submitted, 



EDMUND HERSEY, 



Chainiuui. 



