No. 4.] R1<:P0UT of secretary. XV 



Union Agricultural and Horticultural Society, after three 

 Years of service; and C. D. Richardson of the Worcester 

 South Agricultural Society, after twelve years of service. 



Meetings of the Boakd. 



On June 5, 1909, the Board held a summer field meeting 

 at the grounds of the Hillside Agricultural Society, in Cum- 

 niington, pursuant to the policy inaugurated last year of hold- 

 ing such meetings in remote sections, where the people, on 

 account of poor facilities of transportation, cannot con;- 

 veniently attend the summer field meetings of the Board. 

 The attendance was drawn from the towns in the immediate 

 section, and was very satisfactory in numbers and interest 

 shown. The points of the dairy cow, and how to select and 

 breed for best results, proper methods of handling and hiving 

 bees, with observation hive, the latest methods in forestry, 

 with instructions as to care of Avoodlands, and the proper 

 methods of planting, budding, grafting and j^runing fruit 

 trees Avere the subjects demonstrated. 



The regular summer field meeting of the Board was held 

 at AVhalom Park, near Fitchburg, on Aug. 4, 1909. The 

 attendance was the largest ever recorded for one of these 

 meetings, with perhaps the exception of the meeting at the 

 same place two years ago. An entirely new programme was 

 arranged for, three new subjects being taken up, the demon- 

 stration of how to produce and put up certified and steamer 

 milk, the Ix-st method of selecting apples for exhibition, the 

 proper methods of judging fruit and box packing, and the 

 best methods of selecting, breeding and judging corn. The 

 meeting was held with the Massachusetts State Grange, and 

 there was excellent si^eaking in the afternoon under its direc- 

 tion. 



The public winter meeting of the Board was held at Dracut, 

 on the invitation of the Middlesex North Agricultural So- 

 ciety. The programme was an excellent one, the attendance 

 very satisfactory and the quality of the lectures delivered 

 superior. The Board has often had meetings where there 

 were a numl)er of lectures of merit, but not in recent years 

 one where the matter and form of i)resentation was as 



