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but by a regulation of the Board the secretary is not allowed 

 to furnish more than one speaker at each institute. During 

 the year 1891 this office furnished speakers for eighty farm- 

 ers' institutes. The secretary of the Board spoke at twelve 

 institutes during the year. 



Meetings of the Board. 



A special business meeting of the Board was held at the 

 office of the secretary, April 28, 1891. It was called 

 to consider and act upon matters of legislation concerning 

 the gypsy moth, abandoned farms, tuberculosis, and the 

 Dairy Bureau. 



The public winter meeting of the board for lectures and 

 discussions was held at Horticultural Hall , Boston, Dec. 1, 2 

 and 3, 1891. The attendance at this meeting was very good, 

 and the lectures and discussions were of a high order. A 

 special business meeting of the Board was held at the Hall, 

 December 2. The records of these meetings and the lectures 

 and discussions of the public winter meeting will be found 

 printed on pages 1-285 of this volume. 



The regular annual meeting of the Board was held at the 

 office ol the secretary, Feb. 2, 3 and 4, 1892, and the 

 minutes thereof, reports adopted and essays read, will be 

 found printed on pages 359-418 of this volume. 



Agricultural Directory. 



A directory of the agricultural associations, with officers, 

 has been prepared at considerable labor, and will be found 

 printed on pages 421-433. It is hoped that this directory 

 will be of value to the officers of these several organizations 

 and to others. It is further hoped that it may be made a 

 permanent feature of the report, and that this office will be 

 notified of changes in officers, etc. 



In the Appendix will be found a report of the National 

 Farmers' Congress at Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 10-12, 1891, made 

 to His Excellency the Governor by Hon. Daniel Needham 

 of Groton. This report was transmitted to the secretary of 

 the Board of Agriculture by His Excellency the Governor, 

 with the request that it be included in this volume. 



During the past year one of the most efficient members 



