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Bristol County Fair, Inc., to the second Tuesday after the 

 first Monday in September; that of the Iloosac Valley Agri- 

 cultural Society to the first Thursday after the first Monday 

 in September; that of the Oxford Agricultural Society to 

 the Thursday preceding the first Monday in September ; and 

 that of the Worcester County West Agricultural Society to 

 the third Thursday after the first Monday in September. 



Mr. Gerrett, from the Franklin County Agricultural So- 

 ciety, extended on behalf of that society an invitation to the 

 Board to hold its next public winter meeting in Greenfield, 

 which invitation was accepted. 



The following tribute to the memory of Mr. Reed was 

 presented and unanimously adopted : — 



A valued member has passed away since the last annual meeting, 

 in whose memory the Board would record the following : — 



Mr. Quincy L. Reed of South Weymouth was the first delegate 

 elected to the Board by the Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial 

 Society, having taken his seat in February, 1891, and he had served 

 continuously and faithfully since that date, — a period of sixteen 

 years. His wide experience, his genial personality, his faithfulness 

 to duty, made him an exceedingly useful member, and the Board in 

 his decease has met with an almost irreparable loss. Mr. Reed 

 had the faculty of making friends to an unusually large degree, 

 and those who were his associates on the Board of Agriculture will 

 always cherish his memory and will not forget his kindly and genial 

 ways. 



The Board of Agriculture desires to place this memorial of his 

 worth on record and to extend to his family its sympathy. 



Voted, That the secretary be given authority to arrange 

 for such summer meetings as he may see fit and funds avail- 

 able will permit. 



Mr. G. C. Sevey of Springfield, on invitation, briefly ad- 

 dressed the Board on the subject of forming local cow-testing 

 associations ; when it was — 



Voted, That Mr. Sevey be given a vote of thanks, with 

 the assurance that the Board endorses his proposition. 



