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to assist nature, but to meet with and overcome the obstacles 



which she sometimes places in our path. 



For the Committee, 



Marshall P. Wilder. 



The report was accepted and laid over under the rule. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of three to consider and re- 

 port upon the time of holding the exhibitions of the Plymouth, 

 Bristol, Bristol Central, Marshfield, Hingham and Norfolk So- 

 cieties. 



Messrs. Stockbridge, Hubbard and Peck. 



Voted, To appoiDt a committee on printing. 

 Messrs. Fearing, Knowlton and the Secretary. 



Dr. Loring submitted reports as delegate to the Worcester 

 West, Barnstable and Middlesex South Societies. 



Mr. Fay, on behalf of the Examining Committee, submitted 

 the following report on the 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



The undersigned, appointed by this Board a Committee for 

 the Visitation and Examination of the Agricultural College, for 

 the year 1871, beg leave to submit the following 



REPORT. 



The several members of the Committee, with the exception 

 of Professor Agassiz, have attended the examinations of the Col- 

 lege at the end of each term during the year. On account of 

 ill-health in the early part of the year, and an absence from the 

 country the last part, your Committee were deprived of Pro- 

 fessor Agassiz's presence and counsel at the several examina- 

 tions, except at the annual examinations in July last. It may 

 not be improper to state that his unexpected presence on that 

 occasion, was not only a source of the highest gratification to 

 vour Committee, but unmistakably a powerful stimulus to the 

 exercises of the College. 



Some of your Committee commenced their official connection 

 with the State Board of Agriculture at the beginning of the 



