212 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



secretary, Mr. Sessions, a gavel, and to each member of the 

 Board a ruler, as mementoes of the former rooms of the Board 

 in the Commonwealth Building, which had been recently torn 

 down, the articles mentioned having been made of some of 

 the woodwork from the old ofiQce. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Board be extended to Sec- 

 retary Stockwell for his thoughtful kindness to the members 

 of the Board. 



On motion of Mr. Barrus, it was 



Voiedy That the secretary be requested to send a gavel to 

 ex-secretary John E. Russell, as a souvenir of his connection 

 and association with the Board in the old Commonwealth 

 Building. 



The Chair announced the standing committees as follows 

 (the secretary is, by rule of the Board, a member ex officio 

 of each of the standing committees) : — 



Executive committee : Messrs. W. A. Kilbouni of South Lan- 

 caster, Isaac Damon of Wayland, John Bursley of West Barn- 

 stable, Edmund Hersey of Hiugham, Francis H. Appletou of 

 Peabody, Augustus Pratt of North Middleborough, F. W. Sargent 

 of Amesbury, J. L. Ellsworth of Woi'cester. 



Committee on agricultural societies : Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn 

 of South Lancaster, Q. L. Reed of South AYeymouth, Chas. A. 

 Gleason of New Braiutree, Henry A. Howard of Colraiu, Geo. P. 

 Carpenter of Williamstown. 



Committee on domestic animals and sanitation : Messrs. Isaac 

 Damon of AYayland, Oscar S. Thayer of Attleborough, Joshua 

 Clark of Tewksbury, Johnson Whiting of West Tisbury, John S. 

 Anderson of Shelburne. 



Committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds : Messrs. Augustus 

 Pratt of North Middleborough, F. W. Sargent of Amesbury, J. 

 M. Danforth of Lynnfield Centre, John G. Avery of Spencer, 

 Wm. R. Sessions of Springfield. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and agricultural products : Messrs. 

 J. L, Ellsworth of Worcester, C. D. Richardson of West Brook- 

 field, F. W. Sargent of Amesbury, C. B. Benedict of Egremout, 

 W. M. Wellington of Oxford, A. M. Lyman of Montague. 



Committee on Agricultural College and education : Messrs. John 

 Bursley of West Barnstable, C. K. Brewster of Worthington, 

 Wesley B. Barton of Dalton, Alvan Barrus of Goshen, W. C. 

 Jewett of Worcester. 



