300 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Election of specialists being in order, ballots were taken, 

 and the election resulted as follows : — 



Chemist, Dr. C. A. Goessmann of Amherst. 

 Entomologist, Prof. C. H. Fernald of Amherst. 

 Botanist and pomologist, Prof. S. T. Maynard of Amherst. 

 Veterinarian, Prof. James B. Paige of Amherst. 

 Engineer, ¥m. Wheeler of Concord. 

 Ornithologist, E. H. Forbush of Maiden. 



The chairman announced the following standing commit- 

 tees (the secretary is by rule of the Board a member ex 

 officio of each of the standing committees) : — 



Executive committee : Messrs. E. W. Wood of West Newton, 

 W. A. Kilbourn of South Lancaster, Isaac Damon of Wayland, 

 D. A. Horton of Northampton, A. C. Varnum of Lowell, Wm. 

 P. Brooks of Amherst and Francis H. Appleton of Peabody. 



Committee on agricultural societies : Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn 

 of South Lancaster, Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth, N. W. 

 Shaw of North Raynham, F. E. Clark of Wilbraham and W. H. 

 Gove of Blackinton. 



Committee on domestic animals and sanitation : Messrs. Isaac 

 Damon of Wayland, W. M. Tucker of Monson, G. E. Taylor of 

 Shelburne, Francis Shaw of Wayland and F. H. Smith of Ashfield. 



Committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds : Messrs. E. W. 

 Wood of West Newton, Augustus Pratt of North Middleborough, 

 F. W. Sargent of Amesbury, S. S. Stetson of Lakeville and J. G. 

 Avery of Spencer. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and agricultural products : Messrs. 

 D. A. Horton of Northampton, Geo. L. Clemence of Southbridge, 

 J. Lewis Ellsworth of Worcester, F. A. Palmer of Stockbridge 

 and C. B. Lyman of Southampton. 



Committee on Agricultural College and education : Messrs. A. C. 

 Varnum of Lowell, Geo. Cruickshanks of Fitchburg, E. A. Har- 

 wood of North Brookfield, John Bursley of West Barnstable and 

 C. K. Brewster of Worthington. 



Committee on experiments and station work : Messrs. Wm. P. 

 Brooks of Amherst, Edmund Hersey of Hingham, H. A. Cook of 

 Northbridge, C. M. Blair of Blandford and W. M. Wellington of 

 Oxford. 



Committee on forestry, roads and roadside improvements : 

 Messrs. Francis H. Appleton of Peabody, J. H. Bourne of Marsh- 



