234 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Massachusetts Horticultural, at Boston, October 3 



and 4, N. I. Bowditch. 



Middlesex North, at Lowell, September 14, 15 and 



16, J. E. Green. 



Middlesex South, at Framingham, September 12 



and 13, E. E. Wood. 



Nantucket, at Nantucket, August 30 and 31, . . N. B. Baker. 

 Oxford, at Oxford, September 7 and 8, . . . S. B. Taft. 

 Plymouth County, at Bridgewater, September 13, 



14 and 15, Walton Hall. 



Spencer, at Spencer, September 21 and 22, . . Geo. P. Smith. 

 Union, at Blandford, September 13, 14 and 15, . O. S. Thayer. 

 Weymouth, at South Weymouth, September 28, 29 



and 30, F. L. Whitmore. 



Worcester, at Worcester, September 5, 6 and 7, . E. M. Thurston. 

 Worcester East, at Clinton, September 14 and 15, . Augustus Pratt. 

 Worcester North-west, at Athol, September 13 



and 14, E. W. Wood. 



Worcester South, at Sturbridge, September 14 and 



15, W. B. Barton. 



Worcester County West, at Barre, September 28 



and 29, John Bursley. 



The report of the committee was accepted and adopted. 



The committee on Agricultural College and education, by 

 Mr. Bursley, chairman, reported recommending the appoint- 

 ment of Geo. P. Smith and O. P. Allen to read essays at 

 the next annual meeting of the Board, on subjects to be 

 selected by the essayists. 



Voted, To accept the report, and appoint the essayists as 

 recommended by the committee. Later, Mr. Smith an- 

 nounced his subject as " Evolution of farm machinery," and 

 Mr. Allen as " The evolution of agriculture." 



Voted, That a special committee of five be appointed by 

 the Chair to report to the next annual meeting recommenda- 

 tions for such changes and improvements in the system of 

 holding farmers' institutes as may be considered desirable. 

 The Chair appointed Messrs. Hersey, Gleason, Sargent, 

 Richardson and Stockwell. 



Voted, To amend Rule 16 of the Board, by striking out, 

 in the sixth and seventh lines of said rule, the words "also 



