No. 4.] REPORT OF SECRETARY. xv 



Meetings of the Boaed. 



The Board held its annual summer field meeting at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, on June 23, 

 1910. The means and methods of spraying, grass culture 

 and alfalfa growing, swine growing and management, and 

 the making of certified milk, were demonstrated. Prof. L. 

 A. Clinton of Connecticut gave an interesting lecture on corn 

 growing. The attendance was large. 



The second demonstration meeting was held at Ponkapoag 

 Pond, in Canton, on August 18, 1910, with demonstrations 

 of handling and hiving bees and combating foul brood in 

 bees, also of budding, grafting and pruning fruit trees. The 

 meeting was held for the people of the immediate section and 

 was well attended. 



The public winter meeting of the Board was held at North- 

 ampton, with the Hampshire, Franklin and Ilampdcn Agri- 

 cultural Society. The programme was a strong one, the 

 attendance large, and the interest in the lectures unusually 

 keen. The Northampton Board of Trade gave a reception 

 to the Board at the Draper Hotel on the evening of Wednes- 

 day, December 7. The lectures delivered, and selections 

 from the discussions, will be printed in the annual volume. 



The annual business meeting of the Board was held at 

 Boston, on Jan. 10 and 11, 1910, and special business meet- 

 ings were held at Amherst and Northampton, in connection 

 with the summer and winter meetings. 



Agricultural Societies. 

 The agricultural societies generally held fine exhibitions 

 and enjoyed a prosperous year. The attendance was good 

 and only a few suffered from bad weather, most of these 

 being able to make receipts equal expenses. The competi- 

 tion and interest in the agricultural exhibits at these fairs 

 are certainly increasing. Attend any fair with which you 

 were familiar in the past and you will find many more people 

 looking over the stock and the hall exhibits, and a smaller 

 proportion of the crowd gathered around the stage and other 

 attractions. This increases the educational value of the fairs 



