SUMMER FIELD MEETING OF THE BOARD, AT 

 AMHERST. 



The isuinincr field meeting of the Board was held at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, at Amherst, on June 23, 

 1910. There was a good attendance at the meeting and a 

 very interesting programme was carried out. In the morn- 

 ing the following demonstrations were given : demonstration 

 of means and methods of spraying, by Prof. F. C. Sears, pro- 

 fessor of pomology, Massachusetts Agricultural College ; ex- 

 })lanati(m of experiments in grass culture and alfalfa growing 

 upon the experiment plots of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, by Prof. Wm. P. Brooks, director of the 

 station ; demonstration of swine growing and management, by 

 Prof. 11. L. Gribben of the Division of Agricidture, Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. 



Lunch was served in the college dining hall. 



In the afternoon Prof. L. A. Clinton of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural ( 'ollege delivered an address on corn growing 

 and nuinagement, which appears on the pages immediately 

 following. 



At 4 o'clock I'.M. a demonstration of the making of certified 

 milk, as practiced on the college farui, under the direction of 

 Farm Su[)erintendent E. H. Forristall, concluded a i)ro- 

 gramme which was at once one of the most interesting and 

 one of the most instructive ever given at a summer field meet- 

 ing of the Board. 



