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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. 



OFFICERS. 



President, . . His Excellency W. MURRAY CRANE, ex Officio. 

 1st Vice-President, WILLIAM R. SESSIONS of Springfield. 

 2d Vice-President, . AUGUSTUS PRATT of North Middleborough. 

 Secretary, . . JAMES W. STOCKWELL of Sutton. 



Office, Rooms 134-136, State House, Boston. 



COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 

 Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster. 



Isaac Damon of Wayland. 



D. A. HORTON of Northampton. 



John Burslet of West Barn- 

 stable. 



Edmund Herset of Hingham. 



Francis H. Appleton of Man- 

 chester. 



Augustus Pratt of North Mid- 

 dleborough. 



F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 



Committee on Agricultural 

 Societies. 

 Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster. 

 Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth. 

 Chas. a. Gleason of New Brain. 



tree. 

 Henry A. Howard of Colrain. 

 Geo. p. Carpenter of Williams- 

 town. 



•Committee on Domestic Animals 



and Sanitation. 

 Messrs. Isaac Damon of Wayland. 



Oscar S. Thayer of Attle- 



borough. 

 Joshua Clark of Tewksbury. 

 F. L. Whitmore of Sunderland. 

 Almon W. Lloyd of Blandford. 



Committee on Gypsy Moth, In- 

 sects and. Birds. 

 Messrs. Augustus Pratt of North Mid- 

 dleborough. 

 F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 

 J. M. Danforth of Lynufield 



Centre. 

 John G. Avery of Spencer. 

 Wm. R. Sessions of Springfield. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and 



Agricultural Products. 

 Messrs. D. A. Horton of Northampton. 

 J. L. Ellsworth of Worcester. 

 C. D. Richardson of West 



Brookfleld. 

 C. B. Benedict of Egremont. 

 H. H. Sigoukney of Oxford. 



Conamittee on Agricultural Col- 

 lege and Education. 



Messrs. John Bursley of West Barn- 

 stable. 

 C. K. Brewster of Worthington. 

 WESLEY' B. Barton of Dalton. 

 Geo. p. Smith of Sunderland. 

 Alvan Barkus 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 Man- 

 chester. 

 J. S. Appleton of Nantucket. 

 E. A. Davis of West Tisbury. 

 K. A. Turner of Norwell. 

 O. E. Bradway' of Monson. 



Committee on Institutes, Rules 



and Legislation. 

 Messrs. F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 

 Edmund Hersey of Hingham. 

 Edward M. Thurston of Swan- 

 sea. 

 W. B. Barton of Dalton. 

 Henry C. Comins of Hadley. 



The secretary is a member, ex officio, of each of the above committees. 



