ANNUAL MEETING. 195 



Mayhew, Moore, Nichols, Pierson, Sessions, Slade, Taft, 

 Varnum, Wakefield, Ware, Warner, Wheeler, and Wilder. 



Voted, To adopt the order of business of th(3 last Annual 

 Meeting. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of three to examine and 

 report upon the credentials of new members, — Messrs. 

 Varnum, Wakefield, and Wheeler. Mr. Wilder then took 

 the chair. 



Reports of delegates to the Agricultural Fairs being next 

 in order, — 



Mr. Demond reported upon the Essex Society (read by 

 the secretary) ; Dr. Lynde, upon the Middlesex ; Dr. 

 Nichols, upon the Middlesex North ; Mr. Wheeler, upon the 

 Middlesex South ; Mr. Hadwen, upon the Worcester North- 

 west ; Mr. Herrick, upon the Worcester South ; Mr. Warner, 

 upon the Worcester North ; Mr. Mayhew, upon the Worces- 

 ter West ; Mr. Gaylord, upon the Worcester South-east ; Mr. 

 Slade, upon the Hampshire ; Mr. Bowditch, ujion the Hamp- 

 den ; Mr. Baker, upon the Hampden East ; Mr. Anderson, 

 upon the Union ; Mr. Gleason, upon the Franklin ; Mr. 

 Moore, upon the Deerfield Valley ; Mr. Grinnell, upon the 

 Berkshire ; Mr. Taft, upon the Hoosac Valley ; Mr. Wheeler, 

 upon the Housatonic ; Mr. Perkins, upon the Plymouth ; 

 Mr. Varnum, upon the Hingham ; Mr. Sessions, upon the 

 Marshfield ; Mr. Hersey, upon the Nantucket ; Dr. Wake- 

 field, upon the Martha's Vineyard. These reports were 

 accepted. 



Professor Goessmann then presented his Seventh Annual 

 Report 



ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SALT-MARSHES IN THE 



TOWN OF MARSHFIELD. 



The past season has been an unfortunate one for the agri- 

 cultural industry carried on upon the reclaimed marsh-lands, 

 on account of a severe drought during the earlier part of the 

 season. Whenever the di-ainage of the lands has been 

 neglected, the salines of the concentrated soil-water showed 

 themselves on the surface, preventing most effectually the 

 growth of any valuable vegetation. Upon the lands where. 



