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College, acting for the Board as overseers of the college, 

 have spent much time and have carefully performed the 

 duties expected of them. The five members of the gypsy 

 moth committee have each spent from thirty to sixty days 

 time annually for several years, and have directed and been 

 responsible for the expenditure of nearly $1,000,000 appro- 

 priated by the State of Massachusetts. I doubt if another 

 example of such disinterested and able administration of 

 public duty can be found in the records of this or any other 

 State. The other committees have been called upon to give 

 more or less time to their duties, and each member spends 

 several days each year in an inspection of the fairs held by 

 the several agricultural societies. The Board is large in 

 number, but, as it is representative in character and thor- 

 oughly organized for ■ work, its numbers are no bar to its 

 efficiency. 



WM. R. SESSIONS, 



Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 

 Boston, January, 1899. 



