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5. Hedges and Farm Fences.— Messrs. Sladc, Hyde and 

 Sewall. 



G. Fall and Spring- Ploughing. — Messrs. Ward, of Shrews- 

 bury, Watkius and Birnie. 



7. Relation of Manufactures to Agriculture. — Messrs. Durfee, 

 Agassiz and Saltonstall. 



8. Drainage. — Messrs. Porter, Hubbard and Slade. 



9. The Vineyard. — Messrs. Bull, Durfee and Clement. 



10. Manure and its Application. — Messrs. Smith, Johnson 

 and Davis. 



11. Climate of Localities .—Messrs. Clark, King and Cleave- 

 land. 



12. The Hay Crop. — Messrs. Hubbard, Moore and Stock- 

 bridge. 



13. Theory Applied to Practice. — Messrs. King, Thompson 

 and Durfee. 



14. Night Soil. — Messrs. Clement, Sanderson and Knowlton. 



15. Improvement of Slock. — Messrs. Johnson, Birnie and 

 Thatcher. 



16. Specialties in Farming. — Messrs. Moore, Slade and 

 Sewall. 



17. Amending Soils by Mechanical Means. — Messrs. Cleave- 

 land, Cole and Hyde. 



18. Swine and their Diseases. — Messrs. Davis, Ward and 

 Porter. 



19. Effects of the Forest on Vegetation. — Messrs. Saltonstall, 

 Loring and Ward, of Shrewsbury. 



20. Fruit Culture. — Messrs. Hyde, Billings, Smith, Bull and 

 Clark. 



21. Preservation of Birds Beneficial to Agriculture. — Messrs. 

 Saltonstall, Smith and Moore. 



These Beports were accepted and the list adopted with the 

 committees to which the several subjects were respectively 

 assigned. 



Voted, That Messrs. Bull, Moore, Loring and the Secretary 

 be constituted a Committee on Meetings. 



On motion of Mr. Stockbridge, it was 



