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Report to the Legislature of the State 

 Board op Agriculture, acting as Over- 

 seers op the Massachusetts Agricult- 

 ural College. 



[P. 8., Chap. 20, Sect. 5, adopted by the Board, Jan. 10, 1899.] 



To the State Board of Agriculture, Overseers of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College. 



Your committee has attended to the duties assigned, and 

 its members have visted the college frequently to note 

 methods and results, attending the commencement exercises 

 and awarding the Grinnell agricultural prizes. At the first 

 meeting the committee organized with John Bursley, chair- 

 man, ex officio, and J. W. Stockwell, secretary. Work was 

 assigned to each member of the committee on special lines, 

 and the observations and deductions were approved in com- 

 mittee of the whole. 



The Grinnell Prizes. 



The Grinnell prizes were awarded as follows : first, to 

 Clifford Gay Clark, Sunderland ; second, to George Henry 

 Wright, Deerfield ; honorable mention, Avedis Garrabet 

 Adjemian, Kharpoot, Turkey. 



Your committee was sorry to find so small a class contest- 

 ing for these prizes (only three), but the essays were so 

 well written, the elocution so correct, and the class room 

 examination showed such a thorough understanding of the 

 subjects considered, that three first prizes would have been a 

 most welcome solution of the problem. As it is, we highly 

 commend each of the contestants for excellence in the hall 

 and in the examinations. 



