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to the excellent reputation which the Society enjoys 

 throughout the state. We have, happily, many gentle- 

 men who, in all respects, are competent to furnish such 

 papers for the Transactions, and the committee would be 

 greatly pleased if they should be induced to favor the 

 society and the public with their thoughts upon some of 

 the many topics which interest the agricultural public. 



The committee have decided to make two awards for 

 best Reports and Statements, namely, 1st premium of $10 

 to Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, for his report 

 upon Apples, and the 3d premium of $6 to Mr. John M. 

 Danforth, for his report on Hoot Crops. Other than these 

 the committee made no awards. 

 For the committee, 



Gilbert L. Streeter, Chairman. 



G. L. Streeter, Daniel E. Safford, Xathan M. Hawkes, 

 David W. Low, Geo. W. Foster. — CommiLlee. 



IX ME MORI AM. 



Royal Day, of Bradford, who died in 1888, was a 

 member of our Society over twenty years. "He was a 

 well to do farmer, about 65 years of age; unmarried. 

 He was much interested in the Society, serving on its 

 Committees, and constant in his attendance at our Fairs." 



John O'Brien, of Bradford, who met his death by 

 the "Haverhill Accident," being killed in a building 

 crushed by the cars, joined this Society in 1878, and for 

 several years previous took premiums for fruit at our 

 Fairs, mostly on Pears, of which he made a specialty. In 

 1879 he took the first premium on report of Committee, 

 he having served as Chairman of the Committee on Pears. 

 In the following winter, at a " Farmers' Institute," in 

 Lynn, he read a paper on " Fruit Culture." He was a 

 constant and working member at our Annual Fairs and 

 his fruit was always among the best. 



