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PROCEEDINGS. 
EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
Feb. 6, 1872, 7 1-2 o’clock, P. M. 
The executive committee met pursuant to requirement of by¬ 
laws ; President B. R. Hinkley in the chair. 
In view of the non-arrival of some members of the board 
expected in the morning, it was moved that the board be 
divided up into committees of three each, for the examination of 
essays offered for premiums, of which nineteen were presented by 
the secretary. Carried. 
The essays having been grouped into four lots, the president 
appointed the following committees: 
On Cultivation of Sandy Land , etc. —Messrs. Field, Fratt and 
Taylor. 
On Orcharding. —Messrs. Stilson, Warren and Kingston, 
On Stock Farming , etc. —Messrs. Mitchell, Martin and Green. 
On Small Fruits. —Messrs. Williams, Cheney and Hink^y. 
On motion, the committee adjourned to meet again at 9 o’clock, 
the following morning. 
Wednesday, February 7, 1872. 
Executive Board met at 9 o’clock, pursuant to adjournment. 
Present, all members of the board except Mr. Eaton. Presi¬ 
dent in the chair. 
The board resolved itself into the several committees appointed 
last evening on the essays competing for prizes. 
