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recommended that it be held at Northampton ; Mr. Hersey 

 submitting a minority report recommending the Board to 

 accept the cordial invitation of the Hingham Agricultural 

 Society to hold the meeting at Hingham. 



After some discussion the opinion that the south-eastern 

 portion of the State was entitled to the preference, the 

 Board having visited that section but once, seemed to pre- 

 vail ; and it was voted to meet at Hingham Dec. 3, 4, and 5. 

 Messrs. Hersey, Baker, Lane, and the Secretary were con- 

 stituted a committee of arrangements. 



Voted, That the Report of the Committee on Essays be 

 referred to the Committee on Printing. 



Mr. Hadwen, from the Committee of Arrangements for 

 the Waltham meeting, submitted the following 



EEPOKT ON THE EXHIBITION AT WALTHAM. 



The State Board of Agriculture met at Waltham on the 

 4th, 5th, and 6th of December last ; and, in connection with 

 that meeting, there was an exhibition of fruit, flowers, vegeta- 

 bles, and grains. The exhibition was not as large or extensive 

 as it should have been. Middlesex County made up almost 

 the entire show : the exceptions were a few articles from the 

 county of Worcester. But the floral display was magnificent ; 

 and thanks are due to Mr. Warren of Waltham, Capt. J. B. 

 Moore of Concord, Mrs. Wood of Newton, and Mrs. Gill of 

 Medford, for their generous contributions to this department. 

 Mr. Royal Bemis of Waltham exhibited an orange-tree bear- 

 ing on its limbs forty samples of its bright, golden, luscious 

 fruit. 



Of corn there were several samples ; of rye, one ; of wheat, 

 one, and good enough to take a prize at any State fair; 

 of potatoes, three ; carrots, one ; beets, one ; squashes, four ; 

 celery, one ; pears, seven ; grapes, seven. 



With very little exertion on the part of the farmers of the 

 State, this feature of the country meetings can be made not 

 only attractive, but a valuable source of information to all. 

 I suggest that each exhibitor state in as clear and concise 



