252 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Eastern Hampden, at Palmer, October 9 and 10, . W. M.Wellington. 



Essex, at Peabody, September 22, 23 and 24, . W. H. Spooner. 

 Franklin County, at Greenfield, September 23 



and 24, J.J.Mason. 



Hampshire, at Amherst, September 22 and 23, . Augustus Pkatt. 

 Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, at Northamp- 

 ton, Octo})er 7 and 8, J. S. Anderson. 



Highland, at Middlefield, September 9 and 10, . S. B. Taft. 



Hillside, at Cmnmington, September 29 and 30, . C. D. Richardson. 



Hingham, at Hingham, September 29 and 30, . E. W. Boise. 

 Hoosac Valley, at North Adams, September 7, 8 



and 9, J. F. Burt. 



Housatonic, at Great Barrington, September 30 and 



October 1, ,J. M. Danforth. 



Marshfield, at Marshfield, August 26, 27 and 28, . W. C. Jewett. 

 Martha's Vineyard, at West Tisbury, September 22 



and 23, A. M. Lyman. 



Massachusetts Horticultural, at Boston, October 6 



and 7, F. H. Appleton. 



Middlesex North, at Lowell, September 17, 18 



and 19, . . . Edmund Hersey. 



Middlesex South, at Framingham, September 22 



and 23, T. H. G godspeed. 



Nantucket, at Nantucket, August 26 and 27, . . H. A. Turner. 



Oxford, at Oxford, September 10 and 11, . . H. S. Perham. 

 Plymouth County, at Bridgewater, September 16, 



17 and 18, J. W. Gurney. 



Spencer, at Spencer, September 24 and 25, . . Q. L. Reed. 



Union, at Blandford, September 16 and 17, . . J. II. Allen. 

 Weymouth, at South Weymouth, September 17, 18 



and 19, A. M. Stevens. 



Worcester, at Worcester, September 7, 8, 9 and 10, W. A. Lane. 

 Worcester East, at Clinton, September 16, 17 and 



18, Isaac Damon. 



Worcester Northwest, at Athol, September 7 and 8, C. H. Sh aylor. 

 Worcester South, at Sturbridge, September 17 and 



18, John Bursley, 



Worcester County West, at Barre, October 1 and 2, C. K. Brewster. 



The report of the committee was accepted and adopted. 



The committee on institutes and public meetings, by ]\Ir. 

 Hersey, reported, recommending the appointment of Mr. A. 

 M. Lyman and Mr. Cliarles IL Shayh)r as essayists for the 

 next annual meeting of the Board. 



Voted, To accept the report, and appoint the essayists as 

 recommended. 



