No. 4.] ANNUAL MEETING. 201 



The secretary appointed his first clerk, Mr. F. H. Fowler, 

 librarian for the ensuing year. 



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, John Bursley of West Barnstable, AVm. H. Spooner of 

 Boston, Francis H. Appleton of Peabody, Augustus Pratt of 

 North Middleborough, CD. Eichardson of West Brookfield, 

 Edmund Hersey of Hingham, Henry S. Perham of Chelms- 

 ford. 



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

 of South Lancaster, Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth, 0. E. 

 Bradway of Monson, J. Harding Allen of Barre, J. F. Burt of 

 Easthampton. 



Committee on domestic animals and sanitation : Messrs. Henry 

 S. Perham of Chelmsford, Johnson Whiting of West Tisbury, 

 John S. Anderson of Shelburne, Wm. A. Lane of Norton, 

 Henry E. Paige of Amherst. 



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

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

 W. C. Jewett of Worcester, H. H. Leach of North Brookfield, 

 Walter D. Ross of Worcester. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and agricultural products: 

 Messrs. C. D. Richardson of West Brookfield, J. M. Danforth 

 of Lynnfield, Henry E. Paige of Amherst, W. M. Wellington 

 of Oxford, S. B. Taft of Uxbridge. 



Committee on Massachusetts Agricultural College: Messrs. 

 John Bursley of West Barnstable, W. C. Jewett of Worcester, 

 Charles H. Shaylor of Lee, Isaac Damon of Wayland, A. H. 

 Nye of Blandford. 



Committee on experiments and station work: Messrs. Wm. 

 H. Spooner of Boston, N. I. Bowditch of Framingham, 

 H. A. Turner of Norwell, Ralph M. Porter .of Cummington, 

 E. P. Williams of Ashfield. 



Committee on forestry, roads and roadside improvements: 

 Messrs. Francis H. Appleton of Peabody, H. A. Turner of 

 Norwell, H. G. Worth of Nantucket, J. J. Mason of Ames- 

 bury, Henry S. Pease of Middleficld. 



Committee on institutes and public meetings: Messrs. Ed- 



