264 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Report of Committee on Order of Business. 



The hours of meeting shall be as follows : First day, 12 

 to 1 o'clock, and from 2.30 to 4.30, p. m. Second and suc- 

 ceeding days, from 9| to 2 o'clock. 



First Day. 

 Records of last meeting. 



Appointment of Committee on Credentials. 



Reports of delegates and disposal thereof. 



Report of Committee on Credentials. 



Communications, etc. 



Second Day. 

 Appointment of Committee on Assignment of Delegates. 

 Appointment of Committee on Time and Place of holding Country 

 Meeting. 



Appointment of Committee on Change of Time for holding Fairs. 

 Appointment of Committee on Essays. 

 Reports, Essaj's, etc. 



Third Day. 



Appointment of Executive Committee. 

 Election of Secretary. 

 Experiment Station Report. 

 Reports of Committees. 

 Miscellaneous and unfinished business. 



In the discussion of all matters before the Board, speak- 

 ers are to be limited to five minutes each. 



JOHN B. MOORE, 

 DANIEL E. DAMON, 



S. P. BIRD, 



Committee. 



A communication to the Secretary from the Chief of the 

 Bureau of Labor Statistics was presented, read and laid on the 

 tal)le to be considered in the order of miscellaneous business. 



Reports of delegates to the annual fairs being in order, 

 Mr. Smith reported on the Berkshire Society. Mr. Warner 

 reported on the Bristol Society. This report was discussed, 

 and as a result of the discussion a committee consisting of 

 Messrs. Ware, Smith and Nve wns nnnointed to frame rules 

 regulating the action of societies in testing the strength of 

 horses and oxen. 



The Committee on Credentials to which was referred the 



