242 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



Christian man, and an earnest advocate of all moral and 

 temperance principles, will live after him. 



After appropriate remarks by Messrs. Peterson, Hersey, 

 Rowley, Grinnell and the secretary, the resolve was accepted, 

 and it was voted that it be spread upon the records, and a 

 copy sent to the family of the deceased. 



The committee on essays for the next annual meeting 

 reported as follows : — 



Essays. 

 The Reclamation of Marshes, . . . N. S. Shaler. 

 Competition of the New England Farmer, Ciias. A. Mills. 

 The Employment of Farm Labor, . . W. A. Kilbourn. 

 The Past and Future of the Board of Agri- 

 culture, ...... J. W. Stockwell. 



It being 11 o'clock, the special assignments were called 

 up, and Wm. R. Sessions was re-elected secretary. C. L. 

 Hartshorn was elected member of the Board of Control of 

 the State Experiment Station for three years, in place of 

 W. W. Rawson, whose term had expired. P. M. Harwood 

 resigned from the Board of Control, and D. A. Horton was 

 elected by ballot to till out the unexpired term of Mr. 

 Harwood. 



D. A. Horton, for the committee to report names for the 

 examining committee of the Agricultural College, reported 

 the nomination of Dr. Wm. Holbrook and Chas. A. Mills, 

 who were elected. 



Mr. Appleton reported for the committee on forestry, 

 which had been appointed by the executive committee to 

 prepare a report to the Legislature, under an order of the 

 House of Representatives of 1890. 



Voted, That the report be accepted and adopted as the 

 report of the Board to the House of Representatives, and 

 that the secretary be instructed to transmit it to the House 

 of Representatives. 



The report will be found printed in this volume. 



