300 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



Worcester North, A. Bradley. 



Worcester North-west, G. J. Peterson 



Worcester South, D. A. Horton. 



Worcester West, G. B. Loring. 



Report accepted and adopted. 



A committee of five was appointed on Public Meeting : 

 Messrs. Cruickshanks, Hartshorn, Lynde, Clemence and 

 Bird. 



E. Cushman read an essay on "A Hundred Acres or 

 More," which was accepted, and will be found printed in 

 this volume. 



At the request of the Board of Trustees of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, the following resolution was 

 adopted : — 



Resolved, That each society be recommended to consider 

 the subject of agricultural education, particularlj^ with refer- 

 ence to the Agricultural College, at one Institute. 



It being 11 o'clock, the special assignment was called up, 

 which was the election of a Secretary, to be followed by the 

 election of a member of the Board of Control. 



William R. Sessions was elected Secretary, and Dr. J. P. 

 Lynde was elected a member of the Board of Control. 



Mr. Grinnell called Mr. Taft to the chair, and read an 

 essay on " Massachusetts Agriculture," which was accepted, 

 and will be found printed in this volume. 



The Board then adjourned to 2 p.m. 



The Board met at 2.15 p.m., Mr. Grinnell in the chair. 



The Committee on Changes of Time for holding Fairs re- 

 ported that the time for holding the Eastern Hampden be 

 changed to the third Tuesday after the first Monday in 

 September ; the Middlesex to the fourth Wednesday after 

 the first Monday in Se})tember ; the Middlesex North to the 

 fourth Tuesday after the first Monday in September ; the 



