SUMMER FIELD MEETING OF THE BOARD AT 

 CONCORD. 



The summer field meeting of the Board was held at Con- 

 cord on July 25, 1911. The da}^ was pleasant and a good 

 number were in attendance. In the morning, at 9 o'clock, a 

 visit was made to the historic spots of Concord, including the 

 monument of Ephraim Bull, the originator of the Concord 

 grape. At the asparagus branch of the ]\Iassachusetts Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, at 10.30 o'clock, Mr. Charles 

 J. Prescott, in charge of asparagus investigations, gave a 

 lecture on growing the crop and an explanation of the experi- 

 ments being carried on. 



In the afternoon Dr. IT. J. Wheeler, director of the Ehode 

 Island Agricultural Experiment Station, delivered an address 

 on alfalfa growing. 



