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to be shown by weighing the whole crop grown from each 



method of seeding, all other conditions of cultivation being 



equal. 



Benjamin P. Ware, \ 



Augustus T. Perkins, > Committee. 



Edmund Hersey, ) 



Messrs. Moore, Damon, Bowditch, Taft, and the Secretary 

 were constituted a committee of arrangements for the public 

 meeting of the Board at Southborough. 



The several papers which had been read, discussed, and 

 laid over, were taken from the table, read a second time by 

 their titles, and accepted. 



Voted, That an executive committee of five be appointed 

 by the Chair : Messrs. Wilder, Had wen, Hersey, Perkins, 

 and Ware. 



Voted That all unfinished and any new business that may 

 be presented be referred to the Executive Committee with 

 full power. 



The Board then adjourned. 



Many of the papers presented in the foregoing pages will 

 be found to be of great value and of the highest interest 

 and importance. They seem to leave little to be said to 

 extend the limits, or to add to the completeness, of this 

 Report. They embody the most recent information of a 

 practical and scientific character upon a great variety of 

 topics which enter into and affect the every-day life of every 

 farmer in the Commonwealth. The dairy must be regarded 

 as the great leading specialty of New England. The papers, 

 lectures, and discussions devoted to that subject, are espe- 

 cially full and suggestive, comprehending all its details relat- 

 ing to the selection, breeding, feeding, and management of 

 stock, and the processes most recently introduced in the 

 methods of handling milk, and the manufacture of butter 

 and cheese. 



The papers containing the details and results of intelligent 

 farm practice and experience will constitute a safe and 



