ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. 



OFFICERS. 



President, . . . His Excellency FREDERIC T. GREENHALGE, Sx Officio. 

 1st Vice.Pre.ndmt, . JAMES 8. GRINNELL of Greenfield. 

 2d Vice-President, . FKANCI8 H. APPLETON of Peabody. 

 Secretary, . . . WM. R. SESSIONS of Hampden. 



Office, Commonwealth Building, Boston. 



Members Board of Control State Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Messrs. Wm. H. Bowker of Boston and C. L. Hartshorn of Worcester. 



COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 



Messrs E. W. Wood of West Newton. 

 Edmund IIerset of Hingham. 

 Wm. Bancroft of ChestL-rfield. 

 C. L. Hartshorn of Worcester. 

 A. C. Varnum of Lowell. 

 Wm. H. Bowker of Boston. 

 Francis H. Appleton of Peabody. 



Committee on Domestic Animals 

 and Sanitation. 



Messrs. Wm. Bancroft of Chesterfield. 

 W. A. KiLBOURN of Lancaster. 

 Isaac Damon of Wayland. 

 W. M. Tucker of Monson. 

 G. C. Rowley of Blandford. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and 

 Agricultural Products. 



Messrs. C. L. Hartshorn of Worcester. 

 I). A. Horton of Northampton. 

 Geo. L. Clemence of Southbridge. 

 J. C. Newhall of Conway. 

 F. A. Palmer of Stockbridge. 



Committee on Experiments and 

 Station Work. 



Messrs. Wm. H. Bowker of Boston. 



C. L Hartshorn of Worcester. 

 L. W. West of Hadley. 

 C. E. Ward of Buckland. 

 H. A. Cook of Northbridge. 



Committee on Agricultural So- 

 cieties. 



Messrs. Ed.mitnd Hersey of Hingham. 

 Q. L. Reed of Weymouth. 

 N. W. Shaw of Raynham. 

 F. E. Clark of Wilbraham. 

 W. H. GovB of North Adams. 



Committee on Gypsy Moth, In- 

 sects and Birds. 



Messrs. E. W. Wood of West Newton. 



Francis H. Appleton of Peabody. 

 Wm. H. Bowker of Boston. 

 Augustus Pratt of Middleborough. 

 F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 



Committee on Agricultural Col- 

 lege and Education. 



Messrs. A. C. Varnum of Lowell. 



Geo. Cruickshanks of Fitchburg. 

 E.A. Harwood of North Brookfield. 

 ,1. E. Kimball of Oxford. 

 John Bursley of Barnstable. 



Committee on Forestry, Koads 

 and Roadside Improvements. 



Messrs. Francis H. Appleton of Peabody. 

 Edward Warren of Leicester. 

 J. H. Bourne of Marshfield. 

 Isaac Alger of Attleboroiigh. 

 S. M. Raymond of Hinsdale. 



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



DAIRY BUREAU. 



Messrs. C. L. Hartshorn of Worcester, Geo. L. Clemence of Southbridse, D. A. Hor- 

 ton of Northampton, appointed by the Governor. Secretary Wm. R. Sessions, 

 Executive Officer. Geo. M. Whitaker of Bowton, Assistant 

 Executive Officer, appointed by the Governor. 



SPECIALISTS. 



By Election of the Board. 



Chemist Dr C. A. Goessmann Amherst. 



Entomologist, . . . Prof. C. H. Fernald, Amherst. 



Botanist and Pomologist, . Prof. S. T. Maynard Amherst. 



Veteri7iarian, . . . Prof. James B.Paige, Amherst. 



Engineer Wm. Wheeler Concord. 



Ornithologist, . . . E. H. Forbush Maiden. 



By Appointment of the Secretary. 



Librarian and Curator, F. H. Fowler, B.Sc, First Clerk. 

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