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future, providing the improvements are allowed to be devel- 

 oped unchecked by adverse judicial decisions. The lessons 

 taught at Marshfield begin to bear fruit : the successful recla- 

 mation, by diking, of seven hundred acres of marsh-lands 

 near Portland, Me., lately reported to us, is a gratifying illus- 

 tration in that direction. 



C. A. GOESSMANN. 



The Report was accepted. 



Voted, That the Examining Committee of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, appointed by the Board of Over- 

 seers, be requested to investigate certain charges recently 

 made by a committee of the alumni in regard to the manage- 

 ment of the College, and to report to the Secretary as early 

 as practicable. 



Mr. Geinnell submitted the following lists of subjects, 

 and committees on essays : — 



1. "Improvement of Salt-Marshes." Messrs. Goessmann, 

 Baker, and Lane. 



2. " Raising: and Selecting Field and Garden Seeds." 

 Messrs. Moore, Hadwen, and Warner. 



3. "Experiments in Potato-Culture." Messrs. Comins, 

 Knox, and Wheeler. 



4. "What has Chemistry done for Agriculture?" Messrs. 

 Nichols, Goessmann, and Abbott. 



5. "Cultivation of Small-Fruits." Messrs. Slade, Upham, 

 and Brown. 



6. " Basket- Willow and its Culture." Messrs. Hersey, 

 Phinney, and Pierson. 



7. " Reclaiming of Swamp-Lands as to Profit and the 

 Public Health." Messrs. Ware, Smith, and Davenport. 



8. " Jersey and Guernsey Cattle." Messrs. Hadwen, Bow- 

 ditch, and Brown. 



9. " Poultry-Raising." Messrs. Demond, Lewis, and Da- 

 mon. 



The Report was accepted, and the assignment made accord- 

 ingly. 



