40 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The action of the Board, looking to the reference of specific topics 

 to committees, for future report, has reference to a time considerably 

 remote. The publications which Ave propose may be entered upon at 

 once, and in season to have its effect upon the farming operations of 

 the present year. And we recommend that a committee be appointed 

 to superintend the publication of such tracts as may be approved by 

 them, under the direction of the Board. 



Geo. M. Atwatek. 

 Geo. Makston. 



This report was accepted, and it was voted to appoint a com- 

 mittee to carry out the objects proposed. This committee was 

 constituted by the appointment of Messrs. Atwater, Marston 

 and the Secretary. 



At the same meeting, January 21st, a committee was 

 appointed consisting of Messrs. Davis, Brooks and Sutton, to 

 consider and recommend some uniformity of action on the part 

 of the societies in awarding premiums. That committee having 

 attended to the duty assigned it, at the next meeting, held 

 February 2, submitted the following 



REPORT: 



The committee appointed to inquire into the propriety and means 

 of producing greater uniformity in the action of the several agricul- 

 tural societies of the State, respectfully report that it is desirable that 

 there should exist uniformity in the action of the societies in the fol- 

 lowing particulars. 



1. Uniformity in the mode of weighing or measuring the crops 

 offered for premiums. 



2. In offering premiums only for such animals as are owned or kept 

 in the county or territory in which the society is located. 



3. Regulations with regard to the days of exhibition, and a return 

 of the day of exhibition to the secretary of the Board on or before 

 the first of January in each year. 



These rules your committee think are desirable for various reasons. 

 All the comparative estimates from the product of the various sections 

 of the State depend upon the uniform and reliable measurement by 

 the county societies, of the amount of produce, and until these are 

 effected no valuable deductions can be drawn. The basis is rotten 

 and shifting, and the whole superstructure falls to the ground. 



The controlling argument in favor of the establishment of new 

 societies in a county, rests upon the consideration that certain sec- 



