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of the Board, and one of the oldest in point of service, 

 Mr. E. F. Bowditch of Framingham, was removed by death. 

 He represented the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion 

 of Agriculture, having been first elected delegate in 1879. 

 For several years he served as the chairman of the executive 

 committee of the Board, and was always a most faithful and 

 useful member.. Resolutions of respect to his memory will 

 be found in the records of the annual meetino;. 



Since the annual meeting of the Board Mr. D. A. Horton 

 of Northampton has been appointed a member of the Board 

 of Agriculture, in place of Hon. J. W. Stockwell of Sutton, 

 whose term had expired. 



WM. R. SESSIONS, 

 Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Boston, February, 1892. 



