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Worcester, at Worcester, September 3, 4, 5 



and 6, Isaac Damox. 



Worcester East, at Lancaster, September 12 



and 13, W. M. Wellixgtox. 



Worcester North, at Fitchburg, September 17 



and 18, J. Buesley. 



Worcester North-west, at Athol, October 1 



and 2, C. L. Hartshorn. 



Worcester South, at Sturbridge, September 



12 and 13 Wm. P. Brooks. 



Worcester County West, at Barre, September 



26 and 27, S. M. Raymond. 



Report accepted and adopted. 



At 4.45 P.M. the Board adjourned to 9 a.m., Thursday. 



THIRD DAY. 

 The Board met at 9.30 a.m., Mr. GRmxELL in the chair. 



Present : Messrs. Alger, F. H. Appleton, J. S. Appleton, 

 Jr., Avery, Bancroft, Blair, Bourne, Brooks, Bursley, 

 Clark, Clemence, Cook, Cruickshanks, Damon, Goessmann, 

 Goodell, Gove, Grinnell, Harwood, Hartshorn, Hersey, Hor- 

 ton, Kilbourn, Lyman, Palmer, Pratt, A. D. Raymond, 

 Reed, Sargent, Sessions, Francis Shaw, N. W. Shaw, 

 Stetson, Taylor, Tucker, Ward, Wellington and Wood. 



Voted, That the secretary cause two hundred copies of the 

 report of the examining committee of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege to be printed in pamphlet form for the use of the Board 

 and the trustees of the colles-e. 



Mr. Chas. E. Ward read an essay on "Farming as an 

 occupation," which was accepted and will be found i^rinted 

 in this volume. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Board be given ]\Ir. Ward 

 for his admirable paper, and that the secretary cause one 

 hundred and fifty copies to be printed in pamphlet form for 

 distribution. 



The records of the first two days were read and approved. 



The committee on Auricultural Colleije and Education 

 reported, by jNIr. Cruickshanks, that the next public winter 



