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Hampden, George B. Loeixg. 



Ilamixlen East, William Knowlton. 



Union, Aveky P. Slade. 



Franklin, S. B. Phinney. 



Becrfidd Valley, Newton S. Hubbard. 



Berkshire, Eugene T. Miles. 



Jlousatonic, Joseph N. Sturtevant. 



Hoosac Valley, Thomas P. Boot. 



Noi-folk, George M. Baker. 



Bristol, O. B. Hadaven. 



Bristol Central, Far well F. Fay. 



Plymouth, Elnathan Grates. 



Bingham, James F. C. Hyde. 



Marshfteld, Jonathan McElwain. 



Barnstable, Charles S. Sargent. 



Nantucket, Henry S. Goodale. 



Martha^s Vineyard, Roger H. Leavitt. 



The Report was accepted, and the delegates appointed 

 accordingly. 



Mr. HuBBAED, from the committee appointed to consider 

 and report a list of subjects, with the committees to whom 

 they should be referred , submitted the following report : — 



Fruit Culture. — Messrs, Wilder, Hyde and Sessions. 



Field and Garden Seeds. — Messrs. Moore, Stone andHawes. 



Forestry. — Messrs, Clark, Hawes and Kellogg. 



The Essentials of an Agricidtural Experiment. — Messrs. 

 Sturtevant, Slade and Wakefield. 



Agricultural Iinjjrovements — From what source do they 

 co7ne? — Messrs. Stockbridge, Root and Miles. 



Commercial Fertilizers — Their character and office in in- 

 creasing the fertility of the farm. — Messrs Goodale, Hadwen 

 and Cole. 



TJie Brain and 3fental Faculties of Domesticated Animals. — 

 Messrs. Agassiz, Loring and Phinney. 



Other subjects, upon which any member of the Board in- 

 terested in them was invited to write, were suggested as fol- 

 lows : — 



Our Agricidtural Societies. — On Fallacious Agricidtural 

 Opinions. — What System of Agincidtural Statistical Returns 

 is best calculated to exhibit the true condition of Agriculture f — 

 Tlie Influence of Manufactures on Agriculture. 



The Report was adopted. 

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