;i90 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



already presented and approved, will consume the entire 

 amount. If, therefore, during the current political year, 

 the Commissioners are to discharge their duties under the 

 laws to prevent the spread of contagious disease among 

 domestic animals, a small appropriation will be needed for 



that purpose. 



Levi Stockbridge, 

 E. F. Thayer, 

 H. W. Jordan, 



Commissioners of Contagious Diseases among Cattle. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. 



The Board met at the office of the secretary, in Boston, on 

 Tuesday, the 4th of February, 1879, at twelve o'clock, Hon. 

 Marshall P. Wilder in the chair. 



Present: Messrs. Abbott, Baker, Bowditch, Brown, Co- 

 mins, Damon, Davenport, Fenn, Goessmann, Goodwin, Grin- 

 nell, Hadwen, Hersey, Knox, Lewis, Long, Merrill, Moore, 

 Phinney, Slade, M. J. Smith, Upham, Vincent, Wakefield, 

 Ware, Warner, and Wilder. 



A committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Moore, Slade, 

 and Grinnell, was appointed to consider and report upon the 

 order of business. 



This committee subsequently submitted the following 

 report : — 



1. Reports of delegates to the societies. 



2. Report of the Examining Committee of the Agricultural 

 College. 



3. Report of the Committee of Arrangements of the public 

 meeting at Hingham. 



4. Reports on subjects assigned for essays. 



5. Miscellaneous and unfinished business. 



6. Appointment of delegates to the societies. 



The report was accepted and adopted ; when, reports of 

 delegates being in order, Mr. Comins reported upon the 

 Middlesex North, Mr. Macy (read by the secretary) upon 



