ANNUAL EEPORT. 



The Board met at the oflace of the Secretary, in Boston, 

 on Tuesday, February 1, 1887, at 12 o'clock, it being the 

 Tuesday preceding the first Wednesday in February. In 

 absence of the Governor, on motion of Mr. Damon, Mr. 

 Grestnell was called to tho chair. 



Present : Messrs. Barrus, Bartholomew, Bird, Bo wen, 

 Bowditch, Brooks, Cushman, Damon, Douty, Edson, Grin- 

 nell, Goodell, Gocssmami, Goddard, Hartshorn, Hersey, 

 Hill, Lynde, Moore, Owen, Porter, Slade, A. A. Smith, 

 Zeri Smith, William W. Smith, Taft, Upton, Varnum, 

 Ware, 'NYheeler, Whiting and Wood. 



Voted, To dispense with the reading of the minutes of the 

 last meeting. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of three to examine and 

 report on the credentials of newly elected members : Messrs. 

 Edson, Upton and Goddard. 



Mr. Stockwell, successor to the Hon. jNIarshall P. Wilder, 

 said : — 



Mr. President, It seems proper that I, having been 

 appointed to fill out the unexpired term upon this Board left 

 vacant by the death of Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, should 

 propose on the very threshold of our meeting that a com- 

 mittee be appointed to draft and present to us suitable reso- 

 lutions to be placed on the records of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture. 



I first became acquainted with the venerable member in 

 1879, and that acquaintance and those associations, together 

 with the friendship that followed, I hold as among the 

 choicest memories of my legislative experience. liut it is 



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