PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD 



AT WORCESTER. 



The regular winter meeting of the Massachusetts Board 

 of Agriculture was held at Horticultural Hall, in Worcester, 

 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 2, 3 and 4, 

 1890. The attendance at the opening session, although not 

 large, was' quite respectable in point of numbers, and the 

 interest manifested in the lecture and the discussions which 

 followed was of the most gratifying character, and was well 

 maintained during all the sessions. 



The meeting was called to order at ten o'clock on Tues- 

 day, December 2, by Secretary Sessions, who introduced as 

 the chairman for the day Mr. C. L. Hartshorn of Worces- 

 ter, representing the Worcester Agricultural Society on the 

 Board. 



Mr. Hartshorn said : — 



Gentlemen of the State Board : — It gives me great 

 pleasure to welcome you here in the city of Worcester. It 

 was fourteen years ago that you held your last meeting with 

 us. At that time the gentleman who presided told you that 

 he represented a city of about fifty thousand inhabitants ; 

 to-day we have about eighty-five thousand population. Our 

 increase in agriculture, in manufactures and in other direc- 

 tions, will be spoken of by others who are here to-day to 

 welcome you. I have at this time the pleasure of intro- 

 ducing to you His Honor Mayor Francis A. Harrington 

 of Worcester. 



ADDRESS OF MAYOR HARRINGTON. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the State Board 

 of Agriculture : — It is certainly a pleasure to me, as 

 representing the city, to greet you and to welcome you to 

 Worcester. Agriculture was the first, and still is the prom- 



