272 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Voted, That Messrs. E. G. Buxton of Yarmoutli, Cliarlcs J. 

 Oilman, Ebcn. Cobb, and Nathan Pattangall, be a committee 

 charged to investigate the use and va^iie of marine manures, 

 and to report to the Secretary of this Board during the present 

 season, their results and conclusions. 



Voted, That Messrs. Charles J. Oilman of Brunswick, Darius 

 Forbes and C. Chamberlain, be a committee to report to the 

 Secretary during the present season facts and conclusions re- 

 garding the efficacy and utility of concentrated and specific 

 tnannres. 



Voted, That Messrs. Nathan Foster of Gardiner, H. Parlin, 

 Thomas Fuller, I. W. Britton and Seward Bill, be a committee 

 to report to the Secretary during the present season facts and 

 conclusions regarding the best and most economical method of 

 preserving and applying solid and liquid maiiures. 



Voted, That Messrs. Darius Forbes of South Paris, H. Little, 

 S. Dill and Thomas Fuller, bo a committee to inquire into the 

 value of sroamp or bog muck and the best method of treating 

 and composting the same as a cheap and efficient manure, and 

 report to the Secretary of the Board during the present season. 



Voted, That C. Chamberlain of Foxcroft, Moses Taber and 

 D. T. Stevens, be a committee to report to the Secretary of 

 this Board plans and suggestions regarding the best mode of 

 constructing barns and barn cellars. 



Voted, That E. G. Buxton of Yarmouth, B. F. Nourse and 

 Warren Sparrow, be a committee to report to the Secretary of 

 this Board during the present season on drainage and deep 

 tillage. 



Voted, That Messrs. I. W. Britton of Winslow, Moses Taber 

 and B. T. Dinsmore, be a committee to report to the Secretary 

 of this Board the present season, on the [varieties of sheep best 

 adapted to our State, and also on the expediency of raising 

 sheep for mutton rather than icool. 



Voted, That Calvin Chamberlain of Foxcroft, D. Taber, Da- 

 rius Foi'bcs, and D. A. Fairbanks, be a committee charged to 

 report to the Secretary of this Board regarding tlie varieties of 

 apples best adapted to the climate and soils of Maine ; also 

 what they would recommend as to procuring trees from out of 

 the State, and the best metliods of propagation. 



