

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, 

 Hampshire, . 



Highland, 

 Hampden, 

 Hampden East, 

 Franklin, 

 Berkshire, 

 Housatonic, . 

 Hoosac Valley, 

 Norfolk, 

 Bristol, . 

 Plymouth, 

 Barnstable, . ' 

 Nantucket, . 

 Martha's Vineyard, 



A. P. Slade, of Somerset. 



T. W. Ward, of Shrewsbury. 



L. Agassiz, of Cambridge. 



E W. Bull, of Concord. 



C. Sanderson, of Phillipston. 



N. S. Hubbard, of Brimfield. 



L. Saltonstall, of Newton. 



L. Stockbridge, of Hadle)-. 



J. M. Smith, of Sunderland. 



P. A. Chadbourne, of Williamstown. 



George B. Loring, of Salem. 



A. Homer, of Brimfield. 



T. G. Huntington, of Hadley. 



P. Stedman, of Chicopee. 



C. 0. Perkins, of Becket. 



COMMITTEES "ON ESSAYS. 



Subjects, and the committees to which they were assigned, 

 were selected as follows : — 



1. Fecundation, Gestation and Parturition of Domestic 

 Animals. — Messrs. Agassiz, Loring and Saltonstall. 



2. The Grass Crop: its Culture and Comparative Profit. — 

 Messrs. Stedman, Sanderson and Homer. 



3. The Bairy. — Messrs. Hubbard, S. Johnson and Billings. 



4. Adaptation of Crops to Soils. — Messrs. Moore, Slade and 

 Cleavcland. 



5. Noxious Weeds. — Messrs. Huntington, Kenrick and Taft. 



6. Management of Pastures. — Messrs. J. Johnson, Jr., 

 Watkins and Perkins. 



7. Chiccory : its Value and Cultivation. — Messrs. Chadbourne, 

 Stockbridge and Ward. 



8. Soiling. — Messrs. Loring, Stedman and Huntington. 



9. Poultry. — Messrs. Sewall, Garfield and Davis.- 



10. Effects of Forests upon Agricidture. — Messrs. Thompson, 

 Smith and Ward. 



11. Native Plants worthy of Cultivation. — Messrs. Chad- 

 bourne, J. Johnson, Jr. and Sewall. 



12. Plants as an Indication of the Nature of the Soil. — 

 Messrs. Stockbridge, Cleavcland and Thompson. 



13. Fruit Culture and the Preservation of Fruit. — Messrs. 

 Bull, Clement, Moore, Thompson and Stedman. 



14. Traiisplanting of Forest and Fruit Trees. — Messrs. 

 Clement, S. Johnson and Kenrick. 



