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Voted, That hereafter there shall be no changes of time for 

 holding fairs except on request of societies by vote, or vote 

 of trustees, and that notice of such request for change be 

 transmitted to the secretary two weeks at least before the 

 annual meeting, in order that due notice may be given to 

 interested societies. 



On motion of Mr. Hartshorn, Resolved, That it is the 

 opinion of the State Board of Agriculture that the custom 

 of testing working cattle on the drag at our fairs, as con- 

 ducted by some of our societies, is cruel and inhuman, and 

 we hereby request every visiting delegate to the fairs in the 

 fall of 1892 to make special note of this part of the exhibi- 

 tion, giving the weight of cattle, weight of the load, distance 

 moved, and other items of interest in this test of working 

 cattle, and report at the annual meeting in February, 1893. 



On motion of Mr. Hersey, Voted, That the societies 

 receiving a bounty from the State be requested to offer annu- 

 ally to the school children a sum of not less than twenty dol- 

 lars in prizes for herbariums of flowers, grasses and ferns, 

 and for collections of the different varieties of wood grown 

 in New England. 



On motion of Mr. Kilbourn, Voted, That the reports of 

 delegates to the societies be mailed to the secretary on or 

 before December 10, and that the executive committee 

 examine such reports, and report to the Board the conclu- 

 sions . of each report, and select such of these reports as 

 contain criticisms or suggestions requiring the consideration 

 of the Board, to be read at the annual meeting ; and that 

 any delegate have the privilege of calling up and reading 

 his own report. 



The report of the examining committee of the Agricultural 

 College was read by the chairman, W. A. Kilbourn, and was 

 by vote of the Board accepted, and adopted as the report of 

 the Board of Agriculture to the Legislature. The report 

 will be found printed in this volume. 



On motion of Mr. Appleton, Voted, That the executive 

 committee be instructed to arrange for a field day at the 

 Agricultural College and Experiment Stations, at some con- 



