PUBLIC WINTEE MEETING OE THE BOAED, 



AT BOSTON. 



The regular public winter meeting of the Massachusetts 

 Board of Agriculture was held at Horticultural Hall, in 

 Boston, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 1, 2 

 and 3, 1891. The attendance at the opening session was 

 exceptionally large, and among those present were very many 

 of the most prominent and influential agriculturists in nearly 

 every county of the State. 



The meeting was called to order at ten o'clock on Tuesday, 

 December 1, by Secretary Sessions, who said : — 



I congratulate the Board upon the favorable auspices under 

 which we meet. We meet in the city of Boston, the chief 

 city of the Commonwealth, of which all Massachusetts citizens 

 are proud. We meet in the hall of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, a society which has a reputation not 

 bounded by our continent, and of which all Massachusetts 

 agriculturists and horticulturists are proud. We are honored 

 by having our opening meeting presided over by the presi- 

 dent of the Board, Governor Russell, whom Massachusetts 

 delights to honor. 



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Governor Russell. Ladies and Gentlemen : My first 

 duty as presiding officer of this Board is to assure the Board 

 of the cordial welcome which I know the city of Boston ex- 

 tends to you, and to present one who will formally welcome 

 you on behalf of the city. I regret to say that una- 

 voidably the mayor of the city cannot be with us. He 

 has, as perhaps you all know, very many duties which 

 demand his time and attention, and he finds himself this 

 morning under an imperative engagement which calls him 

 elsewhere. He has, on very short notice, sent in his place 

 the chairman of the Board of Aldermen, Alderman Carruth, 

 well known to many of you, whom it gives me great pleas- 

 ure to introduce. 



