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Hingham, Edmund Hersey of Hiughara. 

 Hoosac Valley, Wm. H. Gove of North Adams. 

 Housatonic, Frank A. Palmer of Stockbridge. 

 Marshfield, John H. Bourne of Marshfield. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural, E. W. Wood of West Newton. 

 Nantucket, John S. Appleton, Jr., of Nantucket. 

 Weymouth, Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth. 

 Worcester East, W. A. Kilbourn of South Lancaster. 



Which report was accepted. 



The followhig committees of three were appointed : — 

 On assignment of delegates : Messrs. Hersey, Harwood and 



HORTON. 



On place of holding public winter meeting : Messrs. Cruick- 

 SHANKS, Ward and Bursley. 



On change of time of holding fairs : Messrs. Bancroft, Clem- 

 ence and Kilbourn. 



On essays for the next annual meeting : Messrs. Wood, F. H. 

 Appleton and Kimball. 



The report of the Dairy Bureau (Senate No. 8) was pre- 

 sented and read by the secretary and was accepted and 

 adopted by the Board. This report will be found printed 

 in this volume. 



The secretary made report of the work of the past year 

 under the law for collecting and circulating information on 

 abandoned and partially abandoned farms. The report was 

 accepted and adopted, and it was 



Voted, That it is the opinion of the Board that the work 

 should be continued and extended as far as the appropria- 

 tions will warrant. 



The secretary read an abstract of the reports of delegates 

 to fairs, which reports were accepted. 



Mr. Wood, chairman of the executive committee, re- 

 ported on the matter of colors used in awarding premiums, 

 that correspondence had been had with Boards of Agricul- 

 ture and State Agricultural Societies in many States, with 

 the following results : Of 24 States and New Brunswick 



