No. 4.] REPORT OF SECRETARY. xxiii 



Meetings of the Board. 



The public winter meeting of the Board for lectures and 

 discussions was held at Great Barrington, Dec. 5, 6 and 7, 

 1893. The attendance was unusually large and the meeting 

 was in all respects a good one. The lectures and discussions 

 will be found printed on pages 28-194 of this volume. A 

 special Inisiness meeting of the Board was held at Great 

 Barrington Dec. 5, 1893, an account of which will l)e found 

 printed on pages 11-19. The annual meeting of the Board 

 for the transaction of business was held at the office of the 

 secretary, Feb. 6, 7 and 8, 1894, and the minutes thereof, 

 reports adopted and essays read will be found printed on 

 pages 339-395 of this volume. 



Organization of the Board. 



At the annual meeting of 1894 the Board adopted a new 

 set of by-laws, regulations and recommendations, and resolved 

 itself into eight standing committees. Six specialists were 

 also elected. The full text of the by-laws, etc., with the 

 statute laAvs governing the Board of Agriculture and the 

 agricultural societies, will l>e found printed on pages 421— 

 455 of this volume. The roster of the Board and its 

 committees for 1894 will be found printed on pages 399— 

 400 of this volume. 



Changes in the Board. 



During the past year the following changes have taken 

 place in the personnel of the Board : His Excellency Wm. 

 E. Russell, a member ex officio for three years, ceased to be 

 governor and consequently a meml)er of the Board of Agri- 

 culture. Prof. N. S. Shaler of the Martha's Vineyard 

 Society, after five years of service, resigned on account of 

 press of other public duties. Messrs. J. D. W. French of 

 the Bay State Society, Henry S. Russell of the Massachusetts 

 Society for Promoting Agriculture and W. W. Rawson of 

 the Middlesex Society retired because their societies had 

 ceased to comply with the conditions for representation on 

 the Board made necessary by the statutes, — Mr. French 

 after one year of service, Mr. Russell after two years of 



