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The committee to report names for executive committee 

 reported by its chairman, Mr. Bowker, as follows: Messrs. 

 Wood, Hersey, Hartshorn, Rawson and Varnum, who were 

 elected. 



It being 1.30 o'clock, the special assignments were called 

 up, and Win. R. Sessions was re-elected secretary. Mr. 

 Wm. H. Bowker was elected, by ballot, member of the 

 Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment 

 Station for three years, in place of Mr. D. A. Horton, 

 whose term had expired. 



Mr. Edmund Hersey, for the committee to report names 

 for the examining committee of the Agricultural College, 

 reported the nomination of Messrs. A. C. Varnum and 

 Geo. L. Clemence, who were elected. 



On motion of Mr. Cruickshanks, Voted, That the present 

 committee on extermination of the gypsy moth be re-elected : 

 Messrs. Shaler, Appleton and the secretary. 



The Secretary called the attention of the Board to the 

 report of the Dairy Bureau and to the report of the gypsy 

 moth committee, both of which will be found printed in this 

 volume. He also stated what had been done in the effort 

 to gather and circulate information concerning the so-called 

 abandoned farms. 



The Secretary presented a report upon the subject of 

 tuberculosis under the resolve of the Legislature of 1891. 

 After discussion by Messrs. Appleton. Bowker and Cook, 

 the report was accepted, and adopted as the report of the 

 Board of Agriculture to the Legislature. The report will 

 be found printed in this volume. 



Mr. Ware, for the committee on assignment of delegates, 

 reported the following : — 



Amesbury and Salisbury (Agricultural and 



Horticultural), . . . . . G. C. Rowley. 



Attleborough (Agricultural Association), H. Taylor. 



Barnstable County, C. F. Fowler. 



Berkshire, ...... A. Pratt. 



