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that the alterations were verbal only, and that the form and 

 language adopted by the Commissioners upon Revision was 

 satisfactory. 



Mr. Moore, from the Committee upon Time and Place of 

 holding the Country Meeting, reported that it should be 

 held at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, beginning on the 

 first Tuesday in December. 



Committee on JNIeeting: Messrs. Lane, Slade, Perkins, 

 Hersey, Moore, and the secretary. 



Mr. Gleason, from Committee on Proposed Changes of 

 Time of holding Fairs, reported that the Worcester Society 

 should hold their fair beginning on the sixth day of Septem- 

 ber, and the Worcester South on the fifteenth. 



The foregoing reports were adopted. 



Voted, That the secretary petition the Legislature for the 

 establishment of an experimental station at the Agricultural 

 CoUegre. 



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Voted, That the secretary appear on behalf of the Board 

 before committee of the Legislature as* occasion may require. 



Messrs. Jewett and Slade were appointed upon the Exam- 

 ining Committee of the Agricultural College ; making the 

 committee stand in the following order, — IMessrs. Bowditch, 

 AVhceler, Lynde, Jewett, and Shide. 



Messrs. Wilder, Bowditch, IMoore, Slade, and Lane Avere 

 appointed an Executive Committee. 



Messrs. Hersey, Moore, and Bowditch were appointed a 

 Committee on Printing. 



Messrs. Hersey, Wakefield, and Smith were appointed a 

 Committee upon the Revision of the Rules of the Board gov- 

 erning the Action of the Agricultural Societies. 



Professor Goessmann presented his Annual Report upon 

 the Examination of Commercial Fertilizers, which was read, 

 adopted, and ordered to be printed in the Annual Report. 



