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Committee on Dairy Bureau and agricultural products : Messrs. 

 D. A. Horton of Northamptou, J. L. Ellsworth of Worcester, C. 

 D. Richardson of West Brookfield, C. B. Benedict of Egremout, 

 H. H. Sigourney of Oxford. 



Committee on Agricultural College and education : Messrs. 

 John Bursley of West Barnstable, C. K. Brewster of Worthing- 

 ton, Wesley B. Barton of Dalton, Geo. P. Smith of Sunderland, 

 Alvan Barrus of Goshen. 



Committee on experiments and station work : Messrs. Edmund 

 Hersey of Hingham, T. H. Goodspeed of Athol, N. I. Bowditch 

 of Framingham, S. B. Taft of Uxbridge, Wm. H. Spooner of 

 Boston. 



Committee on forestry, roads and roadside improvements : 

 Messrs. Francis H. Appleton of Manchester, J. S. Appleton of 

 Nantucket, E. A. Davis of West Tisbury, O. E. Bradway of Mon- 

 son, H. A. Turner of Norwell. 



Committee on institutes, rules and legislation : Messrs. F. W. 

 Sargent of Amesbury, Edmund Hersey of Hingham, Edward M. 

 Thurston of Swansea, W. B. Barton of Dalton, Henry C. Comins 

 of Hadley. 



Which appointments were approved by the Board. 



Mr. Hersey, for the special committee on farmers' insti- 

 tutes, appointed at the last annual meeting, reported in writ- 

 ing, which report was accepted. 



On motion of Mr. Sargent, it was 



Voted, That, in the opinion of the Board, the time of 

 holding the annual meetings of the several agricultural socie- 

 ties should be as near the same date as possible ; and to this 

 end this resolution be referred to the committee on agricult- 

 ural societies, for their consideration and recommendations. 



Mr. O. P. Allen presented and read an essay on "The 

 evolution of agriculture," which was accepted, and will be 

 found printed in this volume. 



The committee on Agricultural College and education, by 

 Mr. Bursley, chairman, reported recommending that the next 

 public winter meeting be held at Worcester, on invitation of 

 the Worcester agricultural and horticultural societies. 



