Austin Corbin, George S. Edgell, William Lyman Under- 

 wood, Frederic H. Kennard, Charles H. Stonebridge and 

 Ernest Harold Baynes. 



The Secretary read a report, in which he reviewed the 

 work of the Society during the past year. He showed that 

 that work had been chieliv educational in its nature, con- 

 sisting largely in the publishing of many newspaper and 

 magazine articles in the United States, Canada, and 

 England, and in giving numerous free lectures on the 

 subject. He also showed the result of his experimental 

 effort to raise money and secure members for the Society 

 in Worcester, Mass., by means of giving free lectures, 

 securing the support of the newspapers, giving an exhibi- 

 tion of buffalo heads, robes, and other relics, and particu- 

 larly by means of strong personal letters of introduction 

 to many of the leading people of the city. Fifty new 

 members for the Society and the raising of the sum of 

 $670 had been the immediate result of this efifort. 



The Secretary briefly mentioned his experiment in 

 rearing Buffalo calves by hand, and in breaking two 

 young males to the yoke and to harness; told how he had 

 exhibited this team on numerous occasions for the purpose 

 of creating interest in the Buffalo, and how on one occasion 

 he had driven one of the young Buffaloes to decisive 

 victory over a domestic steer in a half-mile race at an 

 agricultural fair. 



The report also gave an account of the Secretary's 

 experiments with buffalo wool, of which he showed 

 samples, together with yarn spun from the wool and 

 gloves knitted from the yarn. The report included letters 

 from woolen manufacturers expressing the opinion that 

 buffalo wool was very closely akin to sheep's wool; that 

 it was stronger, grade for grade, than the average wool; 

 that for a long time it would demand a high price as a 

 novelty; and, that if it could be obtained in quantity, there 

 would be a good market for it for the manufacture of 

 articles not requiring to be dyed the lighter colors. 



The Treasurer's report showed that the total receipts 

 of the Society from dues and subscriptions, with interest 

 on same, amounted to $2,040; that the total expenditures 

 had been $707.53; and that, consequently, the balance in 



