No. I. | ANM'AL MEETING. 289 



The Board was called to order at 1.1") P.M. 



Voted, That the doings of the executive committee, acting 



lor the Board, the past year, be approved and adopted as the 



actions of the Board. 



Voted, That all unfinished business or new business aris- 

 ing before the next regular meeting of the Board be left 

 with the executive committee, with power to act. 



Voted, That delinquencies of societies in making required 

 returns be referred to the executive committee, with full 

 powers. 



The Bay State Agricultural Society, by Mr. N. I. Bow- 

 ditch, secretary, extended an invitation to the members of 

 the Board of Agriculture and their friends to attend two in- 

 stitutes to be held at North Grafton, the 22d instant and at 

 Greenfield the 23d instant, on " Sheep husbandry," by Mr. 

 James Wood of Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



Voted, That the secretary be authorized to engage Mr. E. 

 H. Forbush to prepare a report on methods and seasons of 

 pruning fruit, shade and forest trees, at an expense not 

 exceeding fifty dollars. 



Voted, That the matter of preparing and printing a mono- 

 graph on the brown-tail moth, and the matter of a paper on 

 insect-eating birds, be left with the secretary, with power to 

 ask, in the name of the Board, for an appropriation for the 

 purpose from the Legislature, if he deems it best. 



The committee on institutes and public meetings, by 

 Mr. Barton, reported recommending the appointment of 

 Mr. A. A. Smith and Mr. W. ('. Jewett as essayists for the 

 next annual meeting of the Board. 



Voted, To accept the report, and appoint the essayists as 

 recommended. 



