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The Report was laid over, under the rule. 



Mr. King, from the committee on the connection of the 

 Board with the Agricultural College, submitted the following : 



Whereas, The Massachusetts Board of Agriculture desires by- 

 all means in its power, to secure to the people such an 

 agricultural education as will enable them to develop the agri- 

 cultural resources of the Commonwealth, and as it desires 

 especially to promote the welfare of the Agricultural College, 

 and insure its success ; therefore. 



Resolved, That Charles L. Flint, the Secretary of this Board, 

 be authorized to deliver a course of lectures at the Agricultural 

 College, or to discharge such duties connected with the instruc- 

 tion of the students at that institution as the trustees may 

 assign to him : provided, that such services do not conflict with 

 his duties as Secretary aforesaid. 



Resolved, That it would be conducive to the interests of the 

 Agricultural College, and add to the efficiency of this Board, to 

 hold one meeting annually during the summer, at the college. 



Resolved, That such portions of the library at the Secretary's 

 office, as may be useful to the students and are not required in 

 Boston by the Secretary for his own use, be transferred to the 

 Agricultural College, and' that Marshall P. Wilder, Charles L. 

 Flint and Levi Stockbridge, be a committee to determine what 

 portion of the library shall be removed. 



The Secretary is instructed to certify a copy of the Resolves 

 to the trustees of the Agricultural College. 



This Report was unanimously adopted. 



Mr. Hyde, of Lee, then submitted the following Report, upon 



APPLE CULTURE. 



Fruit is so comprehensive a term, and an essay on fruit must 

 either be so general in its statements or so lengthy in its details, 

 that the Committee to whom this subject was intrusted for inves- 

 tigation have ventured to confine their attention to that repre- 

 sentative fruit, the apple. By this neglect of the other fruits 

 we intend no disparagement to them. We love a buttery pear 

 and a fragrant peach, and the plum and cherry and the smaller 

 fruits are always welcome at our table, and we regret that our 

 time will not allow us to pay our respects to them all ; but for 

 the present we must confine our attention to the king of the 



