SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD. 



A special business meeting of the Board of Agriculture 

 was held at the Amherst House, Amherst, »Iune 1(>, 1903, at 

 7 o'clock P.M., Mr. W. A, Kilbourn chairman of the execu- 

 tive committee, presiding. 



Present: Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Aver}^ Boise, Brad- 

 way, Brewster, Bursley, Burt, Damon, Danforth, Ellsworth, 

 Goodspeed, Gurney, JcAvett, Kilbourn, Lyman, Mason, Per- 

 ham. Reed, Richardson, Sha^'lor, Smith, Spooner, Stevens, 

 Stockwell, Turner, Wellington and Worth. 



The credential of Mr. Walter D. Ross of AVorcester, elected 

 by the Worcester Agricultural Society to fill the vacancv 

 caused by the election of Mr. P^llsworth to the secretaryship, 

 was presented and accepted. 



A list of societies delinquent in making their annual re- 

 turns to the secretary of the Board was read, with reasons for 

 said delinquencies, and thc}'^ were excused by vote of the 

 Board. 



The third semiannual report of the chief of the Cattle 

 Bureau was presented and accepted. 



Messrs. Goodspeed, Avery and Allen w^ere appointed a 

 local committee of arrangements for the public winter meet- 

 ing of the Board in December next, to act in conjunction 

 with the committee on institutes and public meetings. 



