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BerksJiire, W. Knowlton. 



Housatonic, G. B. Loring. 



Hoosac Valley, G. A. King. 



Norfolk, J. T. Ellsworth. 



Bristol, C. C. Bassett. 



Bristol Central, A. J. Bucklin. 



Plymouth, W. BiRNiE, 



Hingham, N. S. Hubbard. 



Marshfield, J. F. C. Hyde. 



Barnstable, . O. Warner. 



Nantucket, J. A. Morton. 



Martha's Vineyard, ....... E. W. Boise. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of three to appear before the 

 legislative Committee on Agriculture, to oppose the repeal of 

 the bird law of this State, so far as it relates to the smaller land 

 birds. 



Messrs. Saltonstall, Hyde and Stone. 



Voted, To appoint a Committee on Printing. 



Messrs. King, Plunkett and Stone. 



Mr. Saltonstall, from the Committee on Subjects, then sub- 

 mitted the following list of subjects, which were assigned to 

 committees, as follows : — 



Breeding of Doineslic Animals. — Messrs. Agassiz, Plunkett 

 and Goodman. 



Nature^s Mode of Distributing Plants. — Messrs. Clark, Wil- 

 der and Durfee. 



Abortion in Cows. — Messrs. Pierce, Agassiz, I. K. Brown and 

 Ellsworth. 



Time of Cutting and Curing Hay. — Messrs. Johnson, Salton- 

 stall and Ellsworth. 



The Culture and Preservation of Fruit. — Messrs. Wilder, 

 Hyde, Clement and Knowlton. 



Methods of Draining. — Messrs. Plunkett, Slade and Loring. 



The Damages and the Good done by Birds. — Messrs. Clark, 

 Saltonstall and Bucklin. 



The Use of Capital in Farming. — Messrs. Stone, Hubbard and 

 Clement. 



Market Gardening. — Messrs. Moore, Slade and N. P. Brown. 



