REPOET OF THE TRANSACTIONS 



Of the Maine Board of Agriculture at its Session Jan., 1857. 



The Board met as prescribed by law, at Augusta, January 21, 

 1857. There were present the following members legally 

 elected and entitled to seats : 



Egbert Martin of Androscoggin; 



Joseph D. Pike of Aroostook ; 



E. G. Buxton, of Cumberland ; 



Joseph Keith of Franklin ; 



Horace Parlin of Kennebec; 



Eben Cobb of Lincoln ; 



Darius Forbes of Oxford ; 



B. F. Crane of Penobscot; 



Charles J. Gilman of Sagadahoc ; 



Thomas Fuller of Somerset ; 



Nathan Pattangall of Washington ; 



Thomas W. Cunningham, of Waldo ; 



S. L. CtOODale, of York. 



Also His Excellency Hannibal Hamlin, Governor, and Alden 

 Jackson, Esq., Secretary of State, members ex officiis. 



The following persons were also present, elected by their 

 respective Societies, but not being legally entitled to seats 

 under the late act, were admitted as honorary members, and in- 

 vited to assist in the deliberations and labors : 



Henry Little, Bangor Horticultural Society ; 



D. A. Fairbanks, Maine Pomological and Horticultural ; 



William R. Hersey, North Penobscot; 



Seward Dill, North Franklin ; 



Isaac W. Britton, North Kennebec ; 



Nathan Foster, South Kennebec; 



Morgan L. Gerry, Penobscot and Aroostook Union ; 



W. B. Snow, West Somerset. 



