314 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of three on the assign- 

 ment of delegates to the annual fairs : Messrs. Taft, Cush- 

 man and Dr. Lynde. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of three on the changes 

 of time for holding fairs : Messrs. Bowditch, Wheeler and 

 Bartholomew. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of five on time and place 

 for holding the Country Meeting : Messrs. Brooks, Damon, 

 Hartshorn, Owen and Hill. 



Mr. Taft reported on the Middlesex South ; Mr. Wheeler 

 reported on the Martha's Vineyard ; Mr, Edson reported on 

 the Middlesex North; passed over, — Middlesex and Nan- 

 tucket ; Mr. Goddard reported on the Plymouth. 



The committee of three, on chansfes of time for holding: 

 fairs, reported as follows : Amesbury and Salisbury Society, 

 fifth Tuesday after the first Monday in September; The 

 Bristol Society, fourth Tuesday after the first Monday in 

 September ; Middlesex North Society, third Wednesday 

 after the first Monday in September; Worcester Society 

 (this year only), first Tuesday in September. 



Voted, That the Massachusetts Horticultural Society be al- 

 lowed to hold their ensuing fair, beginning on the thirteenth 

 of September. 



Mr. Moore, from the Committee on Essays, reported as 

 follows ; — 



ESSAYS. 



Chemistry as applied to the Corn Crop, . C. A. Goessmann. 



Our Homes, ...... Jas. W. Stockwell. 



Agricultural Education, . . . . H. H. Goodell. 



Chemistry of the Kitchen, . . . Dr. J. P. Lynde, 



Mr. Wood read an essay on " Fruit as a Farm Product," 

 which was discussed and adopted. 



Mr. Barrus reported on the Union Society ; Mr. Ware 

 reported on the Worcester North ; Mr. Upton reported on 

 the Worcester South. 



