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This report was adopted, and the following subjects were 

 accepted as among the most practically important for investiga- 

 tion at the present time, especially as the object of appointing 

 the committees of investigation was not to get a series of common- 

 place essays upon the various subjects, but to canvass every town 

 in the State, ascertain the names of those who are willing to try 

 experiments in the most exact, uniform and careful manner, 

 and aid in originating information, and thus gain something new. 



1. Manures. — The committee on this subject was constituted 

 by the appointment of Messrs. Jabez Fisher, Josiali White and 

 John Brooks. 



2. Renovation OF Pasture Lands. — Messrs. Oliver 0. Felton, 

 William G. Lewis and Paoli Lathrop. 



3. Market Pairs. — Messrs. Richard S. Fay, William Sutton 

 and diaries G. Davis. 



4. Root Crops. — Messrs. Simon Brown, Edward W. Gardner 

 and George M. Atwater. 



5. Fruits and Fruit Culture. — Messrs. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 Ephraim W. Bull and Nathan Durfee. 



G. Farm Fencing. — Messrs. Charles C. Sewall, Charles G. 

 Davis and John C. Bartlett. 



■ 7. Cattle Husbandry. — Messrs. Paoli Lathrop, Charles K. 

 Tracy and John Brooks. 



8. Sheep Husbandry. — Messrs. James S. Grennell, Samuel 

 H. Bushnell, Cyrus Knox and Richard S. Fay. 



9. Diseases of Vegetation. — Messrs. John C. Bartlett, 

 William G. Lewis and William S. Clark. 



10. Improvement of Horses. — Messrs. George M. Atwater, 

 George Marston and William S. Clark. 



11. Grain Crops. — Messrs. Ephraim W. Bull, Charles C. 

 Sewall and Levi Stockbridge. 



At the same meeting, Dr. Bartlett from the committee 

 appointed to investigate the remedies proposed by various appli- 

 cants for the reward offered by the State for a discovery and 

 cure for the potato disease, presented the following 



REPORT: 



The legislature having referred the award of the premium offered 

 by the State for the cure of the potato rot to the Board of Agriculture, 

 the undersigned have, under the direction of the Board, given the 



