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Election of officers being in order, the chairman declared 

 His Excellency John L. Bates president of the Board (by 

 a by-law of the Board the Governor is ex officio president) . 



Further elections by ballot resulted as follows : — 



First-vice president, Hon. William R. Sessions of Springfield. 



Second vice-president, Augustus Pratt of North Middle- 

 borough. 



Secretary, J. Lewis Ellsworth of Worcester.* 



General agent of the Dairy Bureau, Peter M. Harwood of 

 Barre. 



State nursery inspector. Dr. Henry T. Fernald of Amherst. 



Election of specialists being in order, ballots were taken, 

 and the elections resulted as follows : — 



Chemist, Dr. C. A. Goessman¥ of Amherst. f 

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

 Botanist and Pomologist, Prof. F. A. Waugh of Amherst.f 

 Veterinarian, Prof. James B. Paige of Amherst. t 

 Engineer, Wm. Wheeler of Concord. 

 Ornithologist, Edward H. Forbush of Wareham. 



The Chair announced the standing committees as follows 

 (the secretary is, by rule of the Board, a member ex officio 

 of each of the standing committees) : — 



Executive committee : Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster, Isaac Damon of Way laud, John Bursley of West Barn- 

 stable, Wm. H. Spoouer of Boston, Francis H. Appleton of 

 Peabody, Augustus Pratt of North Middleborough, J. L. Ells- 

 worth of Worcester, Edmund Hersey of Hiugham. 



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

 of South Lancaster, Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth, O. E. Brad- 

 way of Monsou, J. Hardiug Allen of Barre, J. F. Burt of East- 

 ham pton. 



Committee on domestic animals and sanitation : Messrs. Isaac 

 Damon of Waylaud, Johnson Whiting of West Tisbury, John S. 

 Anderson of Shelburne, Wm. A. Lane of Norton, A. M. Stevens 

 of Williamstown. 



Committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds: Messrs. Augustus 

 Pratt of North Middleborough, J. M. Danforth of Lynnfield, John 



* To take ofiSce July 1. t Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



