SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. 



Boston-, April 2, 1908. 



A special hiisiness inootinc; of tlio Board of Agriculture, 

 pursuant to call, was held in the office of the secretary, in 

 Boston, this day at 1.30 o'clock r.M., First Vice-President 

 Pratt presiding. 



Present : Messrs. Albert Ellsworth, J. L. Ellsworth, Ger- 

 rett, II. M. Howard, W. X. Howard, Jewett, Kilbourn, 

 !Mason, Paige, Peters, Potter, Pratt, Richardson, Bussell, 

 Sagendorph, Smith and Trull, 



The election of a State Ornithologist, as provided by the 

 Acts of 1908, chapter 245, being in order, a ballot was taken 

 which resulted in the unanimous choice of Edward ITowe 

 Eorbush of Wareham. 



A protest having been received from the Spencer Farmers' 

 and Mechanics' Association against the assignment of Sep- 

 tember 24 and 25 to the Worcester County West Agricul- 

 tural Society for the holding of their fair, said dates having 

 also been assigned to the Spencer society, the matter was 

 taken up and considered, when it was 



Voted, To assign September 22 and 23 to the Spencer 

 Farmers' and jVfechanics' Association, with the understand- 

 ing that this assignment be for the year 1908 only. 



^^Fessrs. Kilbourn, Potter and Secretary Ellsworth were 

 constituted a committer to prepare resolutions on the death 

 of Hon. William IT. Spocmer. 



A vote of sympathy to His Excellency Governor Guild, on 

 account of his severe illness, was passed, and the secretary 

 was directed to communicate this action to Ids Excellencv. 



