BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 271 



On motion of Mr. Crano, 



Resolved, That a committee be raised to urge upon tlie Leg- 

 islature the passage of the following resolve : 



Resolved, That the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture be 

 and hereby is authorized to cause to be printed, under his direc- 

 tion, ten thousand additional copies of his report for 1856, to 

 be distributed among the citizens of the State — and Messrs. 

 Crane, Martin, and Cobb, were appointed said committee. 



Voted, That the remaining copies of the report of the Sec- 

 retary of the Board, for 1856, together with any additional 

 number of the same which may be printed, (unless otherwise 

 ordered,) be distributed under the direction of the Secretary. 



A communication was received from Dr. E. Holmes, Secretarv 

 of the Maine State Agricultural Society, stating that the vol- 

 ume of transactions for 1854 was ready for distribution — and 

 Messrs. Forbes, Gil man, and Cobb, were appointed a commit- 

 tee to apportion and distribute the same to the several socie- 

 ties, which duty they discharged. 



Messrs. Pattangall, Keith, and Gerry, were appointed a com- 

 mittee to divide and distribute among the members a quantity 

 of seeds, presented by Governor Hamlin ; and also, some seed 

 of the Chinese Sugar Cane, from the Patent Office, through Dr. 

 E. Holmes, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society — and 

 the distribution was according-lv made. 



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On motion of Mr. Dill, 



Resolved, That the Board recommend to the several Agri- 

 cultural Societies, the offer of liberal premiums, to encourage 

 the planting and culture of ornamental trees by road-sides, in 

 parks, commons, and about churches and school-houses. 



The following votes were passed, appointing Standing Com- 

 mittees to report, after the close of the session, on various 

 topics ; and all other persons in the State, interested in these or 

 kindred subjects, are invited to cooperate, by communicating 

 facts, views and experiments, either to the chairmen of the sev- 

 eral committees, or directly to the Secretary, (at Saco,) as may 

 be more convenient : 



