276 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Essay, having been read, discussed and laid over, Mr. 

 Bull was appointed a Committee on Credentials of new members, 

 when the Board adjourned. 



SIXTH DAY. 



The Board met at 10 o'clock, A. M., Dr. Loring in the chair. 



Present, Messrs. Baker, Bassett, Birnie, Boise, Brown, Bull, 

 Clark, Clement, Cole, Durfee, Fearing, Hyde, Hubbard, John- 

 son, King, Knowlton, Loring, Moore, Morton, Pierce, Porter, 

 Saltonstall, Sanderson, Slade, Thatcher, Thompson, T. W. Ward, 

 H. S. Ward, Watkins and Wilder. 



Mr. Bull, from the Committee on Credentials, reported as 

 follows : — 



The Committee on Credentials have attended to the duty 

 assigned them, and respectfully report the following as duly 

 elected members of this Board : — 



Leve.rett Saltonstall, by the Massachusetts Society for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture. 



Asa Clement, by the Middlesex North. 



Newton S. Hubbard, by the Worcester South. 



John A. Morton, by the Hampshire. 



Imla K. Brown, by the Franklin. 



C. C. Bassett, by the Worcester North- West. 



E. W. Boise, by the Union. 



Albert Fearing, by the Hingham. 



George M. Baker, by the Marshficld. 



George A. King, by the Barnstable. 



John Pierce, by the Martha's Vineyard. 



Marshall P. Wilder, appointed by the Executive. 



(Signed,) E. W. Bull, Commitlce. 



The Report was accepted. 



A Committee, consisting of Messrs. Bull, Hyde and Moore, to 

 which was referred the mode of ascertaining the yield of crops 

 by weighing and measuring, submitted the following amendment 

 to the printed blank to be used by each society : — 



" Tlie committee to whom is intrusted the award of premiums 

 on field crops, may award the premiums according to their judg- 



