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The Committee to consider and report upon the assignment 

 of Delegates was constituted by the appointment of Messrs. 

 Knox, Phinuey and Shepley. 



The Committee to consider and report a List of Subjects 

 for Investigation was constituted by the appointment of 

 Messrs. Chadbourne, Loring and Fenn. 



The Committee to nominate two members of the Standing 

 Committee on the Examination of the Agricultural College 

 was constituted by the appointment of Messrs. Had wen, 

 Knowlton and Baker. 



Mr. Smith of Middlefield then presented a report as dele- 

 gate to the Marshfield Society ; Mr. Moore reported upon 

 the Hampden, and Mr. Bagg upon the Bristol Central. 



Mr. Hadwen made a verbal report as Chairman of the 

 Committee of Arrangements for the public meeting at Worces- 

 ter, a written report to be submitted before the close of the 

 session. 



Voted, That hereafter the Committee on Meetings be re- 

 quested to submit a report in writing at the annual meeting. 



Mr. Hadwen then submitted and read an Essay upon 



THE IMPORTANCE OF ARBORICULTURE TO THE AGRICULT- 

 URAL COMMUNITY. 



It would seem almost superfluous to add anything to the 

 elaborate essay of last year. But if it is the mission of this 

 Board to foresee the wants of generations to come, and to 

 educate the public taste in the direction of tree-culture, we 

 ought to add "line upon line." With the progress of civiliza- 

 tion forests are rapidly disappearing, and ultimately few will 

 be preserved, except those receiving the fostering care of 

 man. 



The early and pioneer settler found it necessary to cut 

 away a portion of the original forests to obtain land for the 

 growth of crops to sustain his family and stock, and after 

 having obtained a sufficient area, the remaining forests were, 



