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of the fair of the Bristol County Agricultural Society be 

 changed to the third Tuesday after the first Monday in Sep- 

 tember ; that of the Eastern Hampden Agricultural Society 

 to the fifth Friday after the first Monday in September ; 

 that of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society 

 to the second Wednesday preceding the first Monday in 

 September ; and that of the Weymouth Agricultural and 

 Industrial Society to the second Thursday after the first 

 Monday in September. 



Voted, To change the dates of the several societies, as 

 recommended. 



The committee on institutes and public meetings, by Mr. 

 Hersey, reported, recommending that the next public winter 

 meeting be held at Athol, on invitation of the Worcester 

 Northwest Agricultural and Mechanical Society. 



The report of the committee was accepted and adopted, 

 and the Board voted to hold its next public winter meeting 

 at Athol. 



On motion of Mr. Spooner, it was 



Voted, That the Board hold a summer meeting at the 

 Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College at Amherst, the date to be determined by the secre- 

 tary, in consultation with the executive committee and 

 President Goodell. 



Mr. Kilbourn, for the committee on agricultural societies, 

 reported, recommending the assignment of inspectors, as 

 follows : — 



Amesbury and Salisbury, at Amesbury, September 



29, 30, and October 1, A. A. Smith. 



Barnstable County, at Barnstable, September 1, 2 



and 3, J. G. Avery. 



Blackstone Valley, at Uxbridge, September 15 



and 16, Wm. R. Sessions. 



Bristol County, at Taunton, September 22, 23, 24 



and 25, O. E. Bradway. 



Deerfield Valley, at Charlemont, September 17 



and 18, H. G. Worth. 



