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Resolved. That the Board of Agriculture petition the legis- 

 lature for such alteration of the 4th section chapter 66 of the 

 General Statutes. relating to Fairs, as shall enable the several 

 original county societies to award premiums without reference 

 to other societies that have been formed witliin their limits. 



The Board then proceeded to assign the delegates to visit 

 and report upon the Exhibitions of the county agricultural 

 societies for the year, as follows : To the 



Essex, 



Middlesex, at Concord, . 



Middlesex North, at Lowell, . . 



Middlesex South, at Framingham, 



Worcester, at "Worcester, 



"Worcester "West, at Barre, . . 



"Worcester North, at Fitchburg, . 



"Worcester South, at Sturbridge, . 



"Worcester South-East, at Milford, 



Hamp., Franklin and Hampden, at Northampton. 



Highland, at Middlefield, 



Hampsliire, at Amherst, 



Hampden, at Springfield, 



Hampden East, at Palmer, 



Franklin, at Greenfield, 



Berkshire, at Pittsfield, 



Hoosac "Valley, at North Adams, 



Housatonic, at Great Barrington, 



Norfolk, at Dedham, 



Bristol, at Taunton, 



Plymouth, at Bridgewater, 



Barnstable, at Barnstable, 



Nantucket, at Nantucket, 



Martha's Vineyard, at West Tisbury, 



Asa Clement. 

 T. G. Huntington. 

 Charles O. Perkins. 

 Abel F. Adams. 

 Matthew Smith. 

 Louis Agassiz. 

 N. S. Hubbard. 

 J. M. Smith. 

 John Kenrick. 

 James Thompson. 



HOLLIS TiDD. 



Leverett Saltonstall. 

 E. W. Bull. 

 George B. Loring. 

 Elias Grout. 

 Levi Stockbridge. 

 Henry R. Keith. 

 Phineas Stedman. 

 Sylvander Johnson. 

 Velorous Taft. 

 Daniel A. Cleaveland. 

 Harrison Garfield. 

 John B. Moore, 

 Alured Houer. 



Thursday, Feb. 2. 



■ The Board met according to adjournment, when Mr. Tidd 

 was requested to preside. 



The first business in order was the consideration of the report 

 of the committee on a list of subjects submitted by Mr. Bull, 

 chairman, when the following committees were appointed : 



On Cranberries. — Messrs. Kenrick, Davis, and Thompson. 

 The Grass Crop. — Messrs. Stockbridge, J. M. Smith, and 

 Homer. 



Grape Culture. — Messrs. Bull, Clement and Moore. 



