FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOARD. 



The fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture was observed at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on Tuesdav, 'Tuly 22, 1902. Although 

 the weather Avas not pi'opitious, two hundred members and 

 ex-members of the Board, with their wives and friends, 

 were present, and pai'toolc of the pleasures of the occasion. 

 Nearly all of the members of the Board of 1902 were pres- 

 ent, and their names will be found in connection Avith the 

 minutes of the special business meeting held before the 

 opening of the anniversary exercises. Among the past 

 members of the Board observed in the audience were Ex- 

 Governor Boutwell and Messrs. Isaac Alger, G. AI. Baker, 

 N. B. Baker, S. B. Bird, J. H. Bourne, Ethan Brooks, AVm. 

 P. Brooks, Geo. L. Clemence, George Cruickshanks, J. IT. 

 Demond, Chas. F. Fowler, Chas. A. Gleason, O. B. Ilad- 

 wen, Walton Hall, C. L. Hartshorn, P. M. Harwood, II. A. 

 Howard, J. E. Kimball, A. AV. Lloyd, W. W. Eawson, L. 

 S. Richards, F. H. Smith, Geo. P. Smith, W. M. Tucker, 

 B. P. AVare, F. L. AVhitmore and E. AV. Wood. 



The anniversary exercises began at 10.30 o'clock. Din- 

 ner was served at 1 o'clock, following which after-dinner 

 remarks wxre made by Hon. J. J. Myers, speaker of the 

 Massachusetts House of Representatives ; State Senator C. 

 B. Williams ; Prof. J. W. Sanborn and Prof. F. AV. Rane 

 of New Hampshire ; Capt. R. G. F, Candage, late president 

 of the Farmers' National Congress ; General Agent G. M. 

 Whitaker of the State Dairy Bureau ; blaster of the State 

 Grange Geo. S. Ladd ; Jacob Manning of Reading; Elmer 

 D. Howe of Marlborough ; past members of the Board, B. 

 P. Ware, Walton Hall, Geo. Cruickshanks, G. M. Baker, 

 F. L. Whitmore and Prof. Wm. P. Brooks; also present 

 members Brewster, Pratt, Kilbourn, Jewett, Hersey, Secre- 



