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Jr., took up the work of crop correspondent for this town in 1888. 

 Upon his death in 1890, his son, Wesley B. Baiion, took up the work 

 and has can-ied it on up to the present time. He is now a man 

 forty-seven years of age. He has held several prominent offices 

 in connection with agiieultural organizations, among which are the 

 following: president, Berkshire Agricultural Society three years; 

 president, Highland Agricultural Society two years; master, Berk- 

 shire County Pomona Grange two years; steward, State grange four 

 years, and deputy six years ; master, Dalton Grange three years. His 

 larger interests are fruit growing and poultry. In 1880 he helped 

 to build a silo on his farm and has used it for the past thirtj'-two 

 years. 



Henry M. Bliss, Wilbraham, Hampden County. — Mr. Bliss is 

 now eighty years of age. For over thirty years he has been the 

 secretary of the Wilbraham Farmers' Club, during which time nearly 

 all of his associates of earlier years have passed away. For many 

 3'ears he has been statistical correspondent for the United States gov- 

 ernment. His farming interests were largely fruit growing and 

 poultry. 



Enos W. Boise, Blandford, Hampden County. — Mr. Boise, now 

 seventy-two years of age, was a member of the Board of Agi-iculture 

 in 1868. So far as we are aware there is no one now living who was 

 a member of the Board previous to that time. He is now secretary of 

 the Union Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and a member of 

 the New England Agricultural Society and the Ayrshire Breeders' 

 Association. His interests are along general farming lines. 



Willis W. Burnett, Savoy, Berkshire County. — Died Feb. 13, 

 1913. 



Joshua Crowell, East Dennis, Barnstable County. — Mr. Crowell 

 took up the duties of crop correspondent at the age of forty-four 

 years, having now reached the age of sixty-nine. For several years 

 he was a member of the executive committee of the Barnstable 

 County Agricultural Society. He is also a member of the grange, 

 and is interested in general farming and cranberry growing. 



Lucien Gove, Templeton, Worcester County. — Mr. Gove, now a 

 "man seventy-five years of age, has been an active member of the 

 grange for twenty-seven years. During that time he has held the 

 offices of master, lecturer, secretary and treasurer in the local granges 

 of Templeton and Phillipston, and in the Worcester West Pomona 

 Grange. He has been remarkably faithful in his service as corre- 

 spondent, not missing a single report in twenty-five years. He is 

 interested in market-gardening, fruit growing and poultry raising. 

 H. F. Haynes, Bolton, Worcester County. — Died Nov. 26, 1912. 

 Carrie A. Hayward. Halifax, Plymouth County. — Mr. George W. 

 HaA-ft'ard was one of the pioneer reporters, and during his term of 

 senuce was a very faithful correspondent. Upon his death in 1907 



