8 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Barre, Aug. 21, 1908. 



A special business meeting of the Board of Agriculture 

 was held at Hotel Barre, Barre, in connection with the 

 summer meeting of the Board, this day, at 9 o'clock a.m., 

 being called to order by First Vice-President Pratt. A quo- 

 rum of the members was present. 



The thirteenth semiannual report of the Chief of the Cat- 

 tle Bureau was presented and read by Secretary Ellsworth, 

 which report was accepted by vote of the Board. 



Secretary Ellsworth asked for instructions in the matter 

 of certifying the Bristol County Fair, Inc., for bounty for 

 the year 1907. 



Voted, That the matter be left with the executive commit- 

 tee with full power. 



Mr. Wilfrid Wheeler presented the matter of investigating 

 the proposed plan of draining the IvTeponset meadows, and 

 asked that a committee be appointed to look further into the 

 matter and co-operate with the State Board of Health and 

 the Metropolitan Park Commission in any way possible. 



Voted, Tliat Messrs. Wheeler, Richardson, Ward, Rane 

 and Potter be such a committee. 



Greenfield, Dec. 1, 1908. 



A special business meeting of the Board of Agriculture 

 was held at Washington Hall, Greenfield, in connection with 

 the public winter meeting of the Board, this day, at the close 

 of the afternoon session, being called to order by Second 

 Vice-President Bursley. ISTearly all of the members were 

 present. 



The matter of forming a cow-testing association was intro- 

 duced by Mr. J. L. Smith, when, on motion, it was 



Voted, That a committee be appointed to consider the 

 question and report at the annual meeting of the Board in 

 January. The Chair appointed Messrs. Smith, Potter and 

 Damon as the committee. 



