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The coniniitteo on agricultunil .societies, by Mr. Kil bourn, 

 cluiinnan, reported recommending tliat the date tor the com- 

 mencement of the fair of the Amesbury and Salisbury Agri- 

 cuUural and Horticultural Societj' be changed to the second 

 Tuesday after the first Monday in September ; that of the 

 Bristol County Agricultural Society to the fourth Tuesday 

 after the first Monday in Se})tember ; that of the Hoosac 

 \'alley Agricultural Society to the third Friday after the first 

 Monda}' in Se})tember; that of the Middlesex North Agri- 

 cultuml Society to the second Friday after the first Monday 

 in September; and that of the Weymouth Agricultural and 

 Industrial Society to the third Thursday after the fu'st Mon- 

 da}' in September. 



Voted, To change the dates of the several societies, as 

 reconnuended. 



Mr. A. M. Lyman })resented and read an essay on "Past 

 and present dairying," which was accepted. 



At 12 o'clock the Board adjourned to 1 p.m. 



The Board was called to order by First Vice-President 

 Sessions, at 1 p.m. 



The committee on institutes and public meetings, by Mr. 

 Hersey, chairman, reported that an invitation had been 

 received from the Eastern Hampden Agricultural Society to 

 hold the nt'xt public winter meeting of the Board at Palmer, 

 and one from the Middlesex South Agricultural Societv to 

 hold it at South Framingham, but without reconmiendations. 



The matter was taken under consideration and discussed, 

 after which the Board voted to hold its next public winter 

 meeting at South Framingham, on Tuesday-Thursday, 

 December 6-8. 



The Chair appointed, as a local conuiiittce of arrangements 

 for this meeting, to act with the committee on institutes and 

 public meetings, Messrs. Damon, Taft, Jewett and Kilbourn, 

 w^hich appointments were confirmed by vote of the Board. 



The committee on institutes and pul)lic meetings also 

 reported that an invitation had been extended the Board by 



