274 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



By the Worcester West, 

 Worcester North, 

 Highland, 

 Deerfield Valley, 

 Bristol, 

 Plymouth, . 

 Nantucket, . 



Appointed by the Executive, 



Thomas P. Root. 

 Eugene T. Miles. 

 Jonathan McElwain. 

 Roger H. Leavitt. 

 Avery P. Slade. 

 Charles G. Davis. 

 Andrew M. Myrick. 

 James P. C. Hyde. 



Signed, Newton S. Hubbard, Committee. 



Messrs. Goodman, Clark and Birnie were appointed a com- 

 mittee to select and report upon a list of subjects for essays, 

 and committees to which they should be referred. 



Messrs. Stone, Fearing, Slado, Peck and Hubbard were ap- 

 pointed a committee to consider and report upon the time and 

 place of holding the country meeting of the Board. 



Messrs. Moore, Fay, Peck and Goodman were appointed a 

 committee to report the assignment of delegates to attend the 

 county exhibitions. It was 



Voted, To limit the number of the committee to visit and ex- 

 amine the Agricultural College to three ; when 



Messrs. Leverett Saltonstall, Andrew J. Bucklin and S. B. 

 Phinney were constituted the committee for the present year. 



Mr. Clark presented and read a report as delegate to the ex- 

 hibition of the Martha's Vineyard Society. 



Col. Wilder presented the following essay upon 



FRUIT CULTURE. 



The undersigned respectfully reports that nothing of an ex- 

 traordinary character in regard to fruit culture has occurred 

 during the year 1871. In accordance with the general law that 

 excessive production is always at the expense of succeeding 

 crops, the crop of apples and pears of the year 1871 has been 

 small, the natural result of the overbearing of the trees in the 

 previous year. 



The attention given to small fruits, especially the strawberry, 

 is constantly increasing, and has already become not only an 

 important but a profitable branch of culture. This is one of 



