1853, 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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«ach. At retail, applea sometimes sell as high as 

 fifty cents each. ^' You need not postpone set- 

 ting that apple orchard any longer, Mr. D, 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Met, Web.nesdav, U&c. 1, 1S52. 



Col. Wilder presented the Transactions of the 

 Michigan State Agricultural Society, for 1851, 

 from its secretary J. C. Holmes, Esq., and the 

 Transactions of the N. Y. State Seciety., for 1851. 

 ■from B. P. Johnson, Esq., its Corresponding Secre- 

 tary. He also presented packages of seeds from 

 Professor Fowler, one of which the Professor had 

 received from the Messrs. Gijibs, seedsmen to the 

 Royal Agricultural Society, of England, and the 

 other from Mr. James Cuthbert, an eminent seeds- 

 maR, in Liverpool. The thanks of the Board were 

 voted to these gentlemen, and the Secretary direct- 

 ed to send them, and the N. Y. and Michigan so- 

 cieties, copies of our State Transactions. 



Mr. Proctor submitted the following resolutions, 

 which were unanimously adopted. 



Whereas, in the Providence of God, the late 

 Hon. John W. Lincoln, of Worcester, a member 

 of this Board, has been removed by death, at a pe- 

 riod of life when many more years of useful labor 

 might have been hoped from him : — 



Resolved, That the industry, integrity, and zeal 

 in the promotion of every commendable enterprise, 

 which marked the character of the deceased, have 

 impressed us with the highest respect for his mem* 

 ory. 



Resolved, That, we heartily sympathize with the 

 Society he reprefonted, and with the friends of the 

 deceased, in the hiss sustained by the death of this 

 worthy man ; and in token of respect, direct that 

 this expression of opinion he entered upon our 

 records, and a copy thereof forwarded to the rela- 

 tives of the deceased, and to the Society he repre- 

 sented at this Board. 



Col. Wilder, from the committee to nominate a 

 Secretary, made the following report, which was 

 adopted. 



The Committee to whom was referred the nom- 

 ination of a permanent Secretary of this Board, 

 respectfully report : That the names of several dis- 

 tinguished persons have been presented, and their 

 qualifications have been under consideration of the 

 Committee. 



The Committee regret that they have not been 

 able to agree upon a nomination, and they respect- 

 fully ask for further time. 



In consider;ltii.>n, however, of the fact, that the 

 Annual Abstract of the Returns of the County So 

 cieties, and the Report of this Board must soon be 

 put in ciiurse of publication, the Committee recom- 

 mend that the present Secretary, pro tem., Hon. 

 Amasa Walker, be requested to make up the com- 

 pilations of the Agricultural Transactions of the 

 Coiniuonwealth, for the year 1852, together witli 

 the report of this Board, and to perform such other 

 duti ;s as are incumbent on its Secretary. 



Mr. Lawton was requested to report on the 

 Ilousatonic Society. 



The Secretary was directed to make up in small 

 packages, the seeds presented by the Messrs. 

 Gibes and Cutubert, and distribute them to such 

 members of the Board as will make thorough trial 

 of them, and roport their experiments in detail to 

 the Board. 



Mr. Walker then reported on the Norfolk Soci- 

 ety. He was also directed to take measures to 

 secure a report, from the several societies not heard 

 from, by requesting those who had that duty as- 

 signed them to report at the next meeting of the 

 Board. 



At the meeting of the Board in July last gentle- 

 men were appointed to visit the several agricultural 

 Exhibitions in the State, and report upon them to 

 the Board. These reports now being in order. 



Mr. Proctor reported on the Berkshire County 

 Society. 



Dr. Reed, reported on the Hampshire Society. 



Col. J. W. Lincoln, having deceased, to whom 

 was assigned the Hampshire, Hampden, and Frank- 

 lin Society, it was voted that Gov. Boutwell be 

 requested to make a report upon this Society at the 

 next meeting of the Board, he having been present 

 at the exhibition of that Society. 



Mr. Walker reported on the Worcester West 

 Society, and was requested to report on the Mid- 

 dlesex Society, no report being presented from that 

 county. 



Mr. French, from the committee to nominate 

 three members of the Board, as representatives to 

 the General Board of the United States Agricul- 

 tural Society, reported the names of 

 John W. Proctor, of Essex, 

 Henry W. Cushman, of Franklin, and 

 Simon Brown, of Middlesex Societies, 

 and they were unanimously elected. 



The Board then adjourned to meet at 3 o'clock, 

 P. M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Secretary presented the resignation of Mr. 

 James S. Grennell, (Mr. G. having left the State,) 

 from the Franklin County Society, which was ac- 

 cepted. 



On motion of Mr. Smith, the Secretary was di- 

 rected to notify all the members of the Board of 

 the time of the next adjournment. 



Mr. Walker reported upon the best means of 

 promoting the interests of Agriculture in the State, 

 by public lectures. He thought, as a prominent 

 means, that familiar lectures before the Lyceums 

 in the towns would effect an immediate and prac- 

 tical benefit. 



The report was referred to Messrs. Walker, 

 Proctor and Hitchcock, to recommend individuals 

 to lecture on agricultural subjects when applied for 

 Co the Board. 



Dr. Reed reported on the importance of estab- 

 lishing Farmers' Clubs in each town in the State. 



The reports made were full, instructive and in- 



