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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. 



OFFICERS. 



President, . . TTis Exceli,ency W. IMURKAY CRANE, ex Officio. 

 1st Vice- Presith- tit, WILLIAM R. SESSIONS of Springflekl. 

 2d Vice-President,. AUGUSTUS PRATT of North Miadleborough. 

 Secretary, . . JAMES W. STOCK^yELL of Sutton. 



Offic€, Rooms 134-130, State House, Boston. 



COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 

 Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster. 



Isaac Damon of Wayland. 



John Bursi^ey of West Barn 

 8tal)le. 



Edmund Hersey of Hingham. 



Francis II. Appleton of Tea 

 body. 



Augustus Pratt of North Mid- 

 dleborougb. 



F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 



J. L. Ellsworth of Worcester. 



Committee on Agricultural 

 Societies. 

 Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster. 

 Q. L. Reed of South Weymontli. 

 Chas. a. GLEASONof New Brain- 

 tree. 

 Henry A. Howard of Colrain. 

 Geo. p. Carpenter of Williams- 

 town. 



Committee on Domestic Animals 



and Sanitation. 

 Messrs. Isaac Damon of AVayland. 



Oscar S. Thayer of Attle- 



borough. 

 Joshua Clark of Tewlcslmry. 

 Johnson Whiting of West Tis- 



bury. 

 John S. Anderson of Shelbnrne. 



Committee on Gypsy Moth, In- 



sests and Birds. 

 Messrs. Augustus Pratt of North Mid- 

 dleborough. 

 F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 

 J. M. Danforth of Lyunfleld 



Centre. 

 John G. Avery of Spencer. 

 Wm. R. Sessions of Springfield. 



The secretary is a member, ex officio, of each of the above committees 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and 



Agricultural Products. 

 Messrs. J. L. Ellsworth of Worcester. 

 C. D. Richardson of West 



Brookfleld. 

 F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 

 C. B. Benedict of Egremont. 

 W. M. Wellington of Oxford. 

 A. M. Lyman of Montague. 



Committee on Agricultural Col- 

 lege and Education. 



Messrs. John Buusley of West Barn- 

 stable. 

 C. K. Brewster of Worthington. 

 Wesley B. Barton of Dalton. 

 Alvan Barrus of Goshen. 

 W. C. Jewett of Worcester. 



Committee on Experiments and 



Station Worlc. 

 IMessrs. EDMUND IlERSEY of Hingham. 



T. II. GOODSPEED of Athol. 



N. I. Bowditch of Framingham. 

 S. B. Tapt of Uxbridge. 

 Wm. II. Spooner of Boston. 



Committee on Forestry, Roads 



and Roadside Improvements. 

 Messrs. Francis II. Appleton of Pea- 

 body. 

 J. S. Appleton of Nantucket. 

 H. A. Turner of Norwell. 

 O. E. Brad WAY of Monson. 

 p:. W. Boise of Blaudford. 



Committee on Institutes and 



Public Meetings. 

 Messrs. F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 

 Edmund Hersey of Hingham. 

 Edavard M. Thurston of Swan- 

 sea. 

 W. B. Barton of Diilton. 

 Henry C. Comins of Northamp- 

 ton. 



