ANNUAL MEETING. 



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The Committee to report names for the Executive Com- 

 mittee reported as follows : Messrs. Slade, Bowditch, Her- 

 sey, Hartshorn and Rawson, — who were elected. 



Voted, That they l)e made a Committee on Printing. 



The Committee on Chani^es of Time for holding Fairs, 

 reiDorled that the time for holding the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society Fair be September 18th, 19th, 20th and 

 21st. The report was accepted and adopted. 



The Committee on Essays reported as follows : — 



ESSAYS. 



Market Gardening, 



Massachusetts Agriculture, 

 A Hundred Acres, or More, 



W. W. Rawson. 



G. B. LOKING. 



J. S. Grinnell. 



E. CUSHMAN. 



The Committee to report names for the Examining Com- 

 mittee of the Agricultural College reported as follows : 

 Messrs. Taft and Taylor, — who were elected. 



Dr. C. A. Goessmann, State Inspector of Fertilizers, pre- 

 sented his report, which was accepted and adopted. 



Mr. Stockwell made a report on the assignment of dele- 

 gates as follows : — 



Amesbury and Salisbury, 



Bay State, . 



Barnstable, 



Berkshire, . 



Blackstone Valley, 



Bristol, 



Deerfield Valley, 



Essex, 



Frankliu, 



Hampden, . 



Hampden East, . 



Hampshire, 



Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, 



Zeri Smith. 



J. S. Grinnell. 



A. Bradley. 

 E. Cushman. 



S. A. Bartholomew. 



B. DOUTY. 



G. S. Taylor. 

 W. H. Snow. 



E. F. Bowditch. 



F. G. Howes. 

 V. Taft. 



J. H. Rowley. 

 N. Edson. 



