350 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Norfolk, W.m. Kxovvltox, of Upton. 



Bristol, J. L. Cole, of Williamstown. 



Bristol Central, M. F. Watkims, of Hinsdale. 



Plymouth, X. S. Hubbard, of Brimfield. 



Barnstable, T. D. TiiATCHEn, of Lee, 



Nantucket, T. W. Ward, of Shrewsbury. 



Martha's Vineyard, C. C. Sewall, of Medfield. 



Thursday, February 7. 

 The Board met at 10 o'clock, A. M., Mr. King in the chair. 



Voted, That the country meeting of the Board be held at 

 Concord, beginning on Tuesday, December 10th, at 12 o'clock. 



Mr. Smith, from the committee to whom the subject had been 

 referred, submitted the following Resolutions, which were 

 adopted : — 



Resolved, That in the opinion of the Massachusetts State 

 Board of Agriculture, the Entomological Society of Philadel- 

 phia, by its researches and its publications, has exhibited a com- 

 mendable desire to increase the amount of human knowledge. 



Resolved, That the endeavors of this society to disseminate in 

 an available form a knowledge of a most important branch of 

 natural history among farmers and pomologists, we regard with 

 great favor, and we specially recommend their publications and 

 their gratuitous labors to the favorable notice of the community. 



COMMITTEES ON ESSAYS. 



Mr. Bull, from the committee appointed for the purpose, 

 reported the following list of subjects for essays, which were 

 assigned by the report of another committee, through its chair- 

 man, Mr. Moore, to the following committees, viz. : — 



1. Waste of Manures. — Messrs. Loring, Sanderson and Bil- 

 lings. 



2. Nature's Methods of Distributing- Plants. — Messrs. Chad- 

 bourne, Watkins and Knowlton. 



3. Cultivation of Cereals in Neiv England. — Messrs. 

 Thompson, Cole and Ward, of Monson. 



4. Location and Structure of Farm Buildings. — Messrs. 

 Stockbridge, Thatcher and Porter. 



