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grown on our Massachusetts farms, and especially grown by 

 the young people, girls as well as boys, with the intent that 

 such trees shall wdien ready be planted in orchards on or 

 near the farms where the trees originate. 



The secretary read a communication from Mr. F. T. Fuller 

 of Weston, asking for the co-operation of the Board in the 

 effort to secure the enactment of Senate Bill No. 23, being 

 a bill " providing for the reclamation of the Sudbury 

 Meadows and the protection of the pulilic health in the 

 valleys of the Concord and Sudbury rivers," 



Voted, That the matter be referred to the executive com- 

 mittee. 



The secretary read a communication from Dr. George M. 

 Twitchell of Augusta, Me., in regard to societies being re- 

 quired to hold stock two days, and that they should fix an 

 hour when entries should close and then stick to it ; also, 

 that in connection with the score-card, on a fly-leaf, there 

 should be an illustration of the ideal animal of each breed 

 and of different varieties of fruits and vegetables. 



No action was taken by the Board. 



Mr. Elbridge Cushman read an essay on " The restoration 

 of exhausted farms by practical methods," which was ac- 

 cepted and will be found printed in this volume. 



At 12.30 the Board adjourned to 2 p.m. 



The Board was called to order at 2 p.m., Mr. Geinnell in 

 the chair. 



Mr. C. F. Fowder read an essay on "Tobacco culture," 

 which was accepted and will be found printed in this volume. 



Mr. F. H. Appleton presented the following resolutions : — 



Whereas, The present law directs that the director at the State 

 Agricultural Experiment Station shall not publish the valuation of 

 the plant food contained in fertiUzers analyzed by the station ; 



