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ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

AT

BOSTON.

JANUARY 10 AND 11, 1899.

ANNUAL MEETING.

In accordance with the provisions of chapter IV. of the by-laws, the Board met at the office of the secretary, in Boston, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1899, at 11 o'clock A.M., it being the Tuesday preceding the second Wednesday of January. In the absence of the president, Governor WOLCOTT, the Board was called to order by the first vicepresident, Hon. James S. Grinnell.

Present: Messrs. F. H. Appleton, J. S. Appleton, Baker, Barton, Benedict, Bowditch, Bursley, Clark, Damon, Davis, Ellsworth, Goodell, Goodspeed, Grinnell, Hall, Hersey, Kilbourn, Lloyd, Pratt, Reed, Richardson, Sargent, Sessions, Shaw, F. H. Smith, Geo. P. Smith, Stockwell, Thayer, Whitmore and E. W. Wood.

The records of the public winter meeting and of the special meeting of the Board at Amherst were read and approved.

The executive committee, by Mr. E. W. Wood, chairman, reported the list of qualified members of the Board for 1899. The newly elected members are as follows:

At large, appointed by the Governor :

JAMES S. GRINNELL of Greenfield.

Elected by the societies: :

Bristol County, EDWARD M. THURSTON of Swansea.
Deerfield Valley, HENRY A. HOWARD of Colrain.

Essex, FRANCIS H. APPLETON of Peabody.

Highland, C. K. BREWSTER Of Worthington.

Hillside, ALVAN BARRUS of Goshen.

Middlesex South, ISAAC DAMON of Wayland.

Plymouth County, AUGUSTUS PRATT of North Middleborough.
Worcester, J. LEWIS ELLSWORTH of Worcester.

Worcester County West, CHARLES A. GLEASON of New
Braintree.

The report of the committee was accepted and adopted.

An abstract of the annual report of the secretary was presented, read and accepted.

The records of the executive committee, acting for the Board, were read by the secretary and approved, and the acts of the committee were adopted as the actions of the Board.

The report of the Dairy Bureau was read by the assistant to the executive officer of the Bureau, Mr. Geo. M. Whitaker, and was accepted by vote of the Board.

The committee on agricultural societies, by Mr. Kilbourn, chairman, presented a written report, which was accepted and adopted.

The committee on domestic animals and sanitation, by Mr. Damon, chairman, presented a written report, which was accepted and adopted.

The report of the committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds was presented at the special meeting of the Board at Amherst, Dec. 8, 1898, and was accepted and adopted at that time.

The report of the committee on Agricultural College and education was read by the secretary of the committee, Mr. J. W. Stockwell, and by vote of the Board was accepted and adopted as the report of the Board to the Legislature.

The committee on experiments and station work, by Mr. Edmund Hersey, chairman, presented a written report, which was accepted and adopted.

The committee on forestry, roads and roadside improvements, by Gen. F. H. Appleton, chairman, presented a report, which was accepted and adopted.

The reports of the several committees will be found printed in this volume.

The hearing on the request of the Worcester Agricultural Society for the approval of its vote at the annual meeting duly called for the purpose, that "the president, two vicepresidents, member of the State Board of Agriculture, the secretary and treasurer, be authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding $5,900 to pay the bills of the society, and that they be empowered to give a good and sufficient mortgage on the real estate of the society for the same." The delegate of the society, J. L. Ellsworth, presented a copy of the records of the society's actions, duly certified and sworn to by the secretary. There was also presented by him copies of the newspapers containing the advertisement of the call for the said annual meeting, and also copies of the newspapers containing the advertisement of the hearing of the matter by the Board of Agriculture. The delegate of the society gave an account of the conditions that made it necessary for the society to give an increased mortgage of its property, and answered questions on the matter by members of the Board. It appearing that the action of the society was according to law and properly advertised, and by a two-thirds vote of members of the society present and voting, and no person appearing in opposition to the request of the society, it was

Voted, That the Board of Agriculture approves of the vote of the Worcester Agricultural Society, passed at the annual meeting of said society, Nov. 29, 1898, as above quoted.

Voted, That the secretary of the Board be instructed to notify the society of the action of the Board.

The report of the librarian was read by the secretary, and a complete catalogue of the library of the Board was presented.

Voted, To accept the report and the catalogue.

Voted, to reconsider the vote passed at the last annual meeting, "That the catalogue of the library be published in the 'Agriculture of Massachusetts' which is published next after the completion of the catalogue."

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