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Committee on experiments and station work : Messrs. Edmund 

 Hersey of Ilinghara, T. H. Goodspeed of Athol, N. I. Bowditch 

 of Framingham, S. B. Taft of Uxbridge, Wm. H. Spooner of 

 Boston. 



Committee on forestry, I'oads and roadside improvements : 

 Messrs. Francis H. Appleton of Peabody, J. S. Appletou of Nan- 

 tucket, H. A. Turner of Norwell, 0. E. Bradway of Monson, 

 E. W. Boise of Blandford. 



Committee on institutes and public meetings : Messrs. F. W. 

 Sargent of Amesbury, Edmund Hersey of Hingham, Edward M. 

 Thurston of Swansea, "W. B. Barton of Dalton, Henry C. Comins 

 of Northampton. 



Which appointments were approved by the Board. 



Election of specialists being in order, ballots were taken, 

 and the election resulted as follows : — 



Chemist, Dr. C. A. Goessmann of Amherst (Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College). 



Entomologist, Prof. C. H. Fernald of Amherst (Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College). 

 ■ Botanist and pomologist, Prof. S. T. Maynard of Amherst 

 (Massachusetts Agricultural College). 



Veterinarian, Prof. James B. Paige of Amherst (Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College). 



Engineer, Wm. AYiieeler of Concord. 



Ornithologist, E. H. Forbush of Wareham. 



On motion of General Appleton, it was 



Voted, That the secretary be directed to call a meeting of 

 the committee on forestry, roads and roadside improvements, 

 to consider and recommend a law for the better protection of 

 wood lands and for better roadside improvement, for presen- 

 tation to the proper committee of the Legislature now in 

 session, if in their judgment such seems wise. 



On motion of General Appleton, it was 



Voted, That the Board authorize the publication in the 

 next annual report of this Board of the ideas suggested 

 yesterday for better preserving forest land and protection by 

 the State, as offered by Vice-President Sessions. 



