CONTENTS. XV 



List of Officers, ------ Page 435 



Remarks of Mr. John C. Gray, - - _ . - 435 



Afternoon Session, ------- 436 



Committee on Ploughing, ----.- 437 



Committee on Milch Cows and Dairy Products, - _ . 437 



" " all other Live Stock, ----- 437 



" " Farms and Improvement of Lands, - - - 437 



" " Cultivation and Measurement of Crops, - - 437 



" " Agricultural Implements, - - - - 437 



" " Manufactures, ----- 437 



" " Agricultural Education, . - . - 437 



Second Meeting of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, - 438 



Constitution and By-Laws of the Board, - - - - 438 



Officers of the Board, ------ 439 



President's Report on Agricultural Education, . _ - 439 

 Reports of Delegates, --..-- 442 

 Report of the Exliibition of the Essex Society, by J. H. W. Page, - 442 

 " « " " Middlesex Society, by R. C. Winthrop, 445 

 " » » " Worcester Society, by J. W. Proctor, 447 

 Statement of Entries at the Shows of the Worcester Agricultural So- 

 ciety, for the four past years, ----- 451 



Report of the Exhibition of Worcester West Society by Wm. S. King, 452 

 " " " of the Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden 



Society, by A. W. Dodge, - 454 



" " " " Hampden Society, by W. C. Fowler, 459 



" " " " Franklin Society, by Johnson Gardner, 460 



" " " " Hampshire Society, by M. P. Wilder, 463 



« " " " Berkshire Society, by B. V. French, 466 



" " " " Housatonic Society, by S. Reed, - 468 



" » " " Norfolk Society, by J. H. W. Page, 470 



» " " " Plymouth Society, by E. K. Whittaker, 472 



" " " " Bristol Society, by John W. Proctor, 473 



« " " « Barnstable Society, by Obed Brooks, Jr., 476 



Third Meeting of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, - - 477 



Afternoon Sessmi, ------- 479 



Remarks of Mr. Wilder, 479 



" " Mr. Wheeler, 479 



" " Mr. Dodge, 480 



" Mr. Gorham, - 481 



" » Professor Fowler, ----- 481 



''■ " Mr. Proctor, 482 



" " Mr. Bagg, 483 



« « Mr. Nash, 484 



