Orgai^ization of the Board. 



OFFICERS. 



President, . . . His Excellency ROGER WOLCOTT, ex Officio. 

 1st Vice-President, . JAMES S. GRINNELL of Greenfield. 

 2d Vice-President, . ELIJAH W. WOOD, West Newton. 

 iSecretary, . . . WM. R. SESSIONS of Hampden. 



Office, State House, Boston. 



COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 



Messrs. E. W. AVood of West Newton. 



W. A. IviLBOURN of South Lan- 

 caster. 



Isaac Damon of Wayland. 



D. A. HoRTON of Northampton. 



A. C. Varnum of LoweU. 



Wm. p. Brooks of Amherst. 



Francis H. Appleton of Pea- 

 hody. 



Committee on Agricultural So- 

 cieties. 



Messrs, W. A. Kilbodrn of South Lan- 

 caster. 

 Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth. 

 N. W. Shaw of North Raynham. 

 O. P. Allen of Palmer. 

 N. B. Baker of Savoy. 



Committee on Domestic Animals 

 and Sanitation. 



Messrs. Isaac Damon of Wayland. 



Geo. E. Taylor of Shelburne. 

 Francis Shaw of Wayland. 

 F. H. Smith of Ashfield. 

 Wesley B. Barton of Dalton. 



Committee on Gypsy Moth, In- 

 sects and Birds. 



Messrs. E. W. Wood of West Newton. 



A. Pratt of North Middle- 

 borough. 

 F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 

 8. S. Stetson of Lakevllle. 

 John G. Avery of Spencer. 



Committee on Dairy Bureau and 

 Agricultural Products. 



Messrs. D. A. Horton of Northampton. 

 Geo. L. Clemence of South- 

 bridge. 

 J. L. Ellsworth of Worcester. 

 C. B. Benedict of Egremont. 

 E. E. Wood of Northampton. 



Committee on Agricultural Col- 

 lege and Education. 



Messrs. A. C. Varnum of Lowell. 



Geo. Cruickshanks of Fitch- 

 burg. 



E. A. Harwood of North Brook- 

 field. 



John Bursley of West Barn- 

 stable. 



C. K. Brewster of Worthington. 



Committee on Experiments and 

 Station Work. 



Messrs. Wm. P. Brooks of Amherst. 

 Edmund Hersey of Hingham. 

 C. M. Blair of Blandford. 

 W. M. Wellington of Oxford. 

 Walton Hall of Marehfleld. 



Committee on Forestry, Koads 

 and Roadside Improvements. 



Messrs. Francis H. Appleton of Pea- 

 body. 



S. M. Raymond of Hinsdale. 



J. S. Appleton, Jr., of Nan- 

 tucket. 



H. G. Norton of West Tisbury. 



C. E. Seagrave of Usbridge. 



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



DAIRY BUREAU. 



Messrs. D. A. Horton of Northampton, 1898, Geo. L. Clemence of Southbridge, 1899, 



J. Lewis Ellsworth of Worcester, 1897, appointed by the Governor. Secretary 



Wm. R. Sessions, Executive Officer. Geo. M. Whitaker of Boston, 



1897, Assistant Executive Officer, appointed by the Governor. 



Chemist, 

 Entomologist, 

 Botanist and Pomolog 

 Veterinarian , 

 Engineer, 

 Ornithologist, 



St, 



SPECIALISTS. 

 By Election of the Board 



Dr. C. A. GOESSMANN, 



Prof. C. H. Fernald, 

 Prof. S. T. Maynard, 

 Prof. James B. Paige, 

 Wm. Wheeler, 

 E. H. Forbush, 



Amherst. 

 Amherst. 

 Amherst. 

 Amherst. 

 Concord. 

 Maiden. 



By Appointment of the Secretary. 



Librarian and Curator, F. H. Fowler, B.Sc, First Clerk. 

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