350 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



THIRD DAY. 



The Board met at ten o'clock a.m., Col. Wilder in the 

 chair. 



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

 Comins, Damon, Davenport, Demond, Goessmann, Goodwin, 

 Grinnell, Hadwen, Hersey, Knox, Lewis, Moore, Phinney, 

 Pierson, Slade, Upham, Vincent, Wakefield, Ware, Wheeler, 

 and WUder. 



Mr. GErNiSTELL, on behalf of the committee appointed to 

 consider and report upon the time and place of holding the 

 public meeting of the Board, reported that the Committee 

 recommend that the meeting be held at Greenfield on the 

 2d, 3d, and 4th of December. 



The Report was accepted. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of five, who, with the Secre- 

 tary, shall be authorized to make the necessary arrangements. 

 — Messrs. Grinnell, Demond, Comins, Smith, and Lewis. 



Voted, That the members of the Board be requested to 

 make a personal effort to make a good exhibition in connec- 

 tion with the meeting. 



Mr. Heesey submitted the following report upon the 

 exhibition held in connection with the public meeting at 

 Hingham. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE EXHIBITION AT 



HINGHAM. 



The exhibition of fruit, flowers, vegetables, and seeds, at 

 the meeting of the Board of Agriculture held at Hingham, 

 Dec. 3, 4, and 5, though not as large as it should have been, 

 was quite interesting and instructive; the articles being 

 critically examined by most of those who attended the 

 meeting. 



Amos Bates of Hingham exhibited ten varieties of pears, 



