MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 663 



FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



To the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court 



assembled. 



The Board of Agriculture, in compliance with the law of 

 1852, chapter 142, submit this, their first Annual Report. 



The Board held its first meeting at the Council Chamber in 

 Boston, on the 22d day of July last. 



The members were as follows : — 



Members ex officiis. — His Excellency, the Governor ; His 

 Honor, the Lieutenant Governor; the Secretary of the 

 Commonwealth. 



Appointed by the Governor and Council. — Edward Hitch- 

 cock, Amherst; Marshall P. Wilder, Dorchester; Nathaniel 

 Wood, Fitchburg. 



Chosen by the Several Agricultural Societies. — Barnstable 

 County, Charles B. H. Fessenden ; Berkshire County, Stephen 

 Reed ; Bristol County, J. H. W. Page ; Essex County, John 

 W. Proctor ; Franklin County, James S. Grennell ; Hampden 

 County, Francis Brewer ; Hampshire County, John A. Nash ; 

 Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire, Joseph Smith ; Massa- 

 chusetts, John C. Gray ; Middlesex County, Simon Brown ; 

 Housatonic, Joshua R. Lawton ; Norfolk County, Benjamin 

 V. French ; Plymouth County, Seth Sprague ; Worcester 

 County, John W. Lincoln ; Worcester West, Wm. Parkhurst. 



