208 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The report of the committee was accepted and adopted. 



The committee appointed at the public winter meeting to 

 report resolutions on the death of Messrs. Grinnell and Hor- 

 ton, reported as follows : — 



In remembrauce of one not lost, but gone before, the members 

 of the State Board of Agriculture desire to place on record their 

 appreciation of the worth of James S. Grinnell. 



A man of singularly cheerful and genial temperament, his pres- 

 ence was always welcome. Generous of heart and true to his 

 friends, he never failed them in the hour of need. Wise in counsel 

 and outspoken in its expression, his advice was never sought in 

 vain. A lawyer by profession, engrossed for years in the exact- 

 ing duties of the Patent Office, he never forgot his early training 

 or his love for agriculture, and was always to be found in the front 

 ranks of those striving for its best interests. Fulfilling to the 

 letter every duty laid upon him, he never shirked an obligation, 

 and counted it among his highest privileges to attend the meetings 

 of this Board. Frank, loyal and warm-hearted, we mourn the 

 man, the friend, the brother. 



Another member has passed away since the last annual meet- 

 ing, in whose memory the Board would record the following. 

 Mr. D. A. Horton had been a member of the Board of Agricult- 

 ure since 1889, having represented the Hampshire Agricultural 

 Society for three years, and since has served as member at large 

 by appointment of the Governor. He was commissioned by the 

 Governor one of the original members of the State Dairy Bureau, 

 and held that position at the time of his death. His service on 

 both Boards was always prompt, efficient and able. The Board 

 of Agriculture has lost an able and valued co-worker, the Dairy 

 Bureau its most experienced member, and the cause of agriculture 

 a disinterested friend and an earnest advocate. 



After brief remarks by the chairman and secretary, it was 

 Voted, That the resolutions be adopted and spread upon 

 the records, and that copies be sent to the families of the 

 deceased. 



The secretary presented the presiding officer with a gavel 

 made from a piece of wood taken from the former rooms of 

 the Board in the Commonwealth Building, for use during the 

 meetino-s of the Board. 



