304 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Marshfield,atMarshlield, September 9, lOandll, D. A. Horton. 

 Martha's Vineyard, at West Tisbury, September 



22 and 23, G. L. Clemence. 



Massachusetts Horticultural, at Boston, October 



6, 7 and 8, Geo. Cruickshanks. 



Middlesex North, at Lowell, September 17, 18 



and 19, Edmund Hersey. 



Middlesex South, at Framingham, September 15, 



16 and 17, W. M. Tucker. 



Nantucket, at Nantucket, September 2 and 3, . W.H.Gove. 

 Oxford, at Oxford, September 22 and 23, . . J. S. Appleton. Jr. 

 Plymouth County, at Bridge-water, September 16, 



17 and 18, F.W.Sargent. 



Spencer, at Spencer, September 24 and 25, . Augustus Pratt. 

 Union, at Blandford, September 16, 17 and 18, . F. H. Appleton. 

 Weymouth, at South Weymouth, September 24, 



25 and 26, F. H. Smith. 



Worcester, at Worcester, September 8, 9, 10 and 



11, S. M. Raymond. 



Worcester East, at Lancaster, September 17 and 



18, Francis Shaw. 



Worcester North, at Fitchburg, September 22 



and 23, H. G. Norton. 



Worcester North-west, at Athol, October 6 and 7, W. M. Wellington. 

 Worcester South, at Sturbridge, September 17 



and 18, F. A. Palmer. 



Worcester County West.atBarre, October 1 and 2, E. W. Wood. 



The report was accepted and adopted. 



Voted, On motion of Mr. Wood, that the Board indorses 

 the petition to the Legislature for protection and aid to 

 peach culture, and the executive committee is instructed 

 to aid before the committee on agriculture of the Legisla- 

 ture in procuring the enactment of a law for the above 

 purpose. 



Voted, On motion of Mr. Hersey, that the thanks of the 

 Board be extended to First Vice-President Grinnell for 

 the able and pleasant manner in which he has performed 

 the duties of presiding officer. 



The records of the third day were read and approved. 



Adjourned at 12.05 p.m. 



WILLIAM R. SESSIONS, 



Secretary. 



