100 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc 



SECOND DAY. 



The "meeting was called to order at 10.15 by Secretary 

 Sessions, who said : — 



Gentlemen, the committee of arrangements have arranged 

 thai a gentleman who is particularly familiar with the subject 

 for discussion this morning should preside : therefore I call 

 Mr. E. F. Bowditcii to the chair. 



Mr. Bowditcii. Gentlemen, the subject- of the lecture 

 this morning is the "History of Sheep Husbandry in Massa- 

 chusetts;" and the gentleman who is to give you the paper 

 is not only one of the pioneers of sheep husbandry in Massa- 

 chusetts, but he is an encyclopedia of information on sheep 

 husbandry all over the world, and one of the oldest and most 

 useful members of the Board of Agriculture that the State 

 has ever had. I have great pleasure in introducing Mr. 

 James S. Grinnell of Greenfield. 



