No. 4.] ANNUAL MEETING. 171 



The secretary appointed his first clerk, Mr. F. H. Fowler, 

 librarian for the ensuing year. 



The Chair announced the standing committees as follows 

 (the secretary is, by rule of the Board, a member ex officio 

 of each of the standing committees) : — 



Executive committee: Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster, John Bursley of West Barnstable, Wm. H. Spooner of 

 Boston, H. G. Worth of Nantucket, Augustus Pratt of North Mid- 

 dleborough, C. D. Richardson of West Brookfield, Edmund Hersey 

 of Hingham, Henry E. Paige of Amherst. 



Committee on agricultural societies: Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of 

 South Lancaster, T. L. Tin-ell of South Weymouth, 0. E. Bradway 

 of Monson, Albert Ellsworth of Atbol, Wm. B. Avery of Charle- 

 mont. 



Committee on domestic animals and sanitation : Messrs. Henry 

 E. Paige of Amherst, A. M. Stevens of Williamstown, Walter A. 

 Lovett of Oxford, F. A. Russell of Methuen, W. A. Harlow of 

 Cumin ington. 



Committee on gypsy moth, bisects and birds: Messrs. Augustus 

 Pratt of North Middleborough, F. A. Russell of Methuen, Noah 

 Sagendorph of Spencer, B. W. Potter of Worcester, Geo. W. Trull 

 of Tewksbury. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and agricultural products: Messrs. 

 C. D. Richardson of West Brookfield, W. C. Jewett of Worcester, 

 Henry E. Paige of Amherst, S. B. Taft of Uxbridge, George 0. 

 Millard of Blandford. 



Committee on Massachusetts Agricultural College: Messrs. John 

 Bursley of West Barnstable, W. C. Jewett of Worcester, Isaac 

 Damon of Wayland, E. L. Boardman of Sheffield, Frank Gerrett of 

 Greenfield. 



Committee on experiments and station work: Messrs. Wm. H. 

 Spooner of Boston, N. I. Bowditch of Framingham, T. L. Tirrell 

 of South Weymouth, J. L. Smith of Barre, Henry S. Pease of 

 Middlefield. 



Committee on forestry, roads and roadside improvements: Messrs. 

 H. G. Worth of Nantucket, J. J. Mason of Amesbury, F. Wm. 

 Rane of Boston, Wm. N. Howard of South Easton, H. A. Oakham 

 of Marshfield. 



Committee on institutes and public meetings: Messrs. Edmund 

 Hersey of Hingham, Wm. A. Bailey of Northampton, Kenyon L. 

 Butterfield of Amherst, J. F. Adams of West Tisbury, Chas. E. 

 Ward of Buekland, H. M. Howard of West Newton. 1 



1 Appointed by His Excellency January 15, as successor to Gen. Francis H. Appleton, 

 resigned. 



