REPORT. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1889. 



The annual meeting of the Maine Board of Agriculture was held 

 at the office of the Secretary', at the State House, agreeably to the 

 provisions of the statutes, January 16 and 17, 1889. The meeting 

 was called to order bj- the Secretary at 11 o'clock. The published 

 call for the meeting was read, after which the Secretary called upon 

 the member from Lincoln, E. W. Stetson, to act as temporary' 

 chairman. 



The chair announced the first business in order to be the raising 

 of a committee on credentials, and on motion of the member from 

 Washington the committee was appointed by the chair, as follows : 



D. W. Campbell, ) 



R. W. P^llis, >- Committee on Credentials. 



W. W. Harris, ) 



The committee subsequently reported the following new members 

 duly elected: Aroostook county, A. L. Haines, Maple Grove; 

 Piscataquis county, Thomas Daggett, Foxcroft ; Penobscot county, 

 B. A. Burr, Bangor; Franklin county, S. R. Leland, Farmington ; 

 Knox county, F. L. Mansfield, Hope ; and B. W. McKeen, West 

 Fryeburg, elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of A. 

 O. Pike, the member from Oxford. 



The report was accepted and the above-named individuals were 

 declared elected and entitled to seats. 



On motion of J. W. Deering of York, R. W. Ellis of Waldo and 

 S. C. Watson of Kennebec were appointed a committee to receive, 

 sort and count votes for officers, and the following were elected: 



R. W. Ellis, President. 



D. W. Campbell, Vice President. 



Z. A. Gilbert, Secretary, 



