SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



AT AMHERST. 



Amherst, Mass., Dec. 8, 1898. 



The Board of Agriculture met in the town hall, Amherst, 

 this day, at 9 a.m., for business. 



Present: First Vice-President James S. Grinnell, who 

 presided, and Messrs. Allen, J. S. Appleton, Jr., Baker, 

 Barton, Benedict, Brewster, Bursley, Damon, Goessmann, 

 Goodell, Hersey, Horton, Kilbourn, Lloyd, Pratt, Reed, 

 Sargent, Sessions, Shaw, F. H. Smith, G. P. Smith, Stet- 

 son, Stockwell, Thayer and E. W. Wood. 



The secretary presented the report of the gypsy moth 

 committee to the Legislature, and explained the position 

 and powers of the committee. He said : — 



Perhaps I ought to say in explanation that the law under 

 which the gypsy moth work is carried on provides that it 

 shall be done by the secretary and a committee of the Board 

 of Agriculture appointed by the Board, and it provides that 

 the committee shall make report to the Legislature. This 

 being the case, it seems only courteous and reasonable that 

 before we report to the Legislature we should report to this 

 Board, and receive its endorsement, if considered worthy of 

 it. You are very well aware that this report with this en- 

 dorsement will carry more weight with the Legislature than 

 a report simply of the committee. We therefore present 

 our report, and ask your endorsement if you consider it 

 worthy. 



We cannot give you the report of the expenditures, as 

 they will not be complete until the last day of December. 

 That is a matter of routine. We can say now that we 

 shall spend the $200,000, but the items of the expenditures 

 we cannot give you until the first of January. 



