178 BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



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

 South Lancaster, Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth, N. W. Shaw of 

 North Raynham, O. P. Allen of Palmer and N. B. Baker of Savoy. 



Committee on domestic animals and sanitation : Messrs. Isaac 

 Damon of Wayland, F. H. Smith of Ashfield, O. S. Thayer of 

 North Attleborough, F. L. Whitmore of Sunderland, Joshua Clark 

 of Tewksbury and A. W. Lloyd of Blandford. 



Committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds : Messrs. E. W. 

 Wood of West Newton, Augustus Pratt of North Middlebor- 

 ough, F. W Sargent of Amesbury, S. S. Stetson of Lakeville 

 and N. I. Bowditch of Framingham. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and agricultural products : Messrs. 

 D. A. Hortou of Northampton, J. L. Ellsworth of Worcester, C. 

 D. Richardson of West Brookfield, C. B. Benedict of Egremont 

 and E. E. Wood of Northampton. 



Committee on Agricultural College and education : Messrs. E. A. 

 Harwood of North Brookfield, John Bursley of West Barnstable, 

 C. K. Brewster of Worthington, Wesley B. Barton of Daltou, J. 

 W. Stockwell of Sutton and Geo. P. Smith of Sunderland. 



Committee on experiments and station work : Messrs. Edmund 

 Hersey of Hingham, Walton Hall of Marshfield, J. S. Grinnell of 

 Greenfield, T. H. Goodspeed of Athol and J. Elton Green of 

 Spencer. 



Committee on forestry, roads and roadside improvements : 

 Messrs. F. H. Appleton of Peabody, S. M. Raymond, of Hins- 

 dale, J. S. Appleton, Jr., of Nantucket, E. A. Davis of West 

 Tisbury and S. B. Taft of Uxbridge. 



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. 

 Entomologist, Prof. C. H. Feknald of Amherst. 

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

 Veterinarian, Prof. James B. Paige of Amherst. 

 Engineer, Wm. Wheeler of Concord. 

 Ornithologist, E. H. Forbush of Maiden. 



Mr. Wesley B. Barton of Dalton, who was appointed 

 to present an essay on "Opportunities of New England 

 Farmers," being detained by sickness, his essay was read 



