358 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Plymouth County, . . . . . J. C. Newhall. 



Spencer (Farmers' and Mechanics' Asso.), C. E. Ward. 



Union (Agricultural and Horticultural), . J. E. Kimball. 



Weymouth (Agricultural and Industrial) , E. Hersey. 



Worcester, ..... 



Worcester East, .... 



Worcester North, .... 



Worcester North-west, 



Worcester South, .... 



Worcester County West, . 



Report accepted and adopted. 



H. A. Barton, Jr. 

 Wm. W. McIntosh. 

 H. A. CooK. 

 G. L. Clemence. 

 Wm. Holbrook. 

 r. H. Appleton. 



On motion of Mr. Appleton, Resolved, That the State 

 Board of Agriculture approves the eflbrts of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, and other societies and persons, 

 to obtain effective and judicious legislation in aid of the sup- 

 pression of the tent caterpillars, tussock moth, canker worm 

 and other insect pests. 



Dr. J. B. Lindsey, associate chemist at the State Agricult- 

 ural Experiment Station, read an essay on the "Work of 

 the German Experiment Stations," which was accepted, and 

 will be found printed in this volume. 



At 4.45 the Board adjourned to 9.30 o'clock, Thursday. 



THIRD DAY. 

 The Board met at 9.30 a.m., Mr. Grinnell in the chair. 



Present : Messrs. Alger, Appleton, Bancroft, Bowker, 

 Bucklin, Bursley, Clap}), Clemence, Cook, Cruickshanks, 

 Cushman, Damon, Fowler, French, Grinnell, Hartshorn, 

 Harwood, Hersey, Holbrook, Ilorton, Kilbourn, Kim])all, 

 Mills, Newhall, Pratt, Rawson, Reed, Richards, Rowley, 

 G. C, Rowley, J. H., Russell, Sargent, Shaw, Taylor, 

 Varnum, Ward, Warren, West, and AVood. 



Mr. Ward, of the Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society, 

 presented the request of his society for a change in the rule 



