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BOARD OF AGKICULTUKE. [Pub. Doc. 



OEGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. 



OFFICERS. 



President, . . His Excellency WILLIAM L. DOUGLAS, ex officio. 



1st Vice-President, WILLIAM R. SESSIONS of Springfield. 



2d rice-President, . AUGUSTUS PRATT of North Middleborough. 



Secretary, . . J. LEWIS ELLSWORTH of Worcester. 



Office, Room 136, State House, Boston. 



COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 

 Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster. 



John Bursley of West Barn- 

 stable. 



Wm. H. Spooner of Boston. 



Francis H. Appleton of Pea- 

 body. 



Augustus Pratt of North Mid- 

 dleborough. 



C. D. Richardson of West 

 Brookfleld. 



Edmund Hersey of Hingham. 



Henri- S. Perham of Chelms- 

 ford. 



Committee on Agricultural 

 Societies. 

 Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster. 

 Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth. 

 O. E. Bradway of Monson. 

 J. Harding Allen of Barre. 

 .1. F. Burt of Easthampton. 



Committee on Domestic Animals 



and Sanitation. 

 Messrs. Henry S. Perham of Chelms- 

 ford. 

 Johnson Whiting of West Tis- 



bury. 

 John S. Anderson of Shelburne. 

 Wm. a. Lane of Norton. 

 Henry E. Paige of Amherst. 



Oommittee on Gypsy Moth, In- 

 sects and Birds. 

 Messrs. Augustus Pratt of North Mid- 

 dleborough. 

 .1. M. Danforth of Lynnfleld. 

 W. C. Jewett of Worcester. 

 H. H. Leach of North Brookfleld. 

 Walter D. Ross of Worcester. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and 



Agricultural Products. 

 Mess;-s. C. D. Richardson of West 

 Brookfleld. 

 J. M. Danforth of Lynnfleld. 

 Henry E. Paige of Amherst. 

 W. M. Wellington of Oxford. 

 S. B. Taft of Uxbridge. 



Committee on Massachusetts 



Agricultural College. 

 Messrs. John Bursley of AVest Barn- 

 stable. 

 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. II. Spooner of Boston. 



N. I. Bowditcii of Framingham. 

 H. A. Turner of Norwell. 

 Ralph M. Porter of Cumming- 



ton. 

 E. P. Williams of Ashfleld. 



Committee on Forestry, Roads 



and Roadside Improvements. 

 Messrs. FitA.NCis H. APPLETON of Pea- 

 body. 

 H. A. Turner of Norwell. 

 H. G. Worth of Nantucket. 

 J. J. Mason of Amesbury. 

 Henry S. Pease of Middlefield. 



Committee on Institutes and 



Public Meetings. 

 Messrs. Edmund Herset of Hingham. 



H. H. Goodell* of Amherst. 



H. S. Perham of Chelmsford. 



Wm. R. Sessions of Springfield. 



Albert Ellsworth of Athol. 



The secretary is a member, ex officio, of each of the above committees. 



* Died April 2.3,1905. 



