OF THE

SECRETARY

OF THE

Massachusetts Board of Agriculture,

TOGETHER WITH

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

APPOINTED TO VISIT THE COUNTY SOCIETIES,

WITH AN APPENDIX

CONTAINING AN ABSTRACT OF THE

FINANCES OF THE COUNTY SOCIETIES,

FOR

1861.

BOSTON:

WILLIAM WHITE, PRINTER TO THE STATE.

1862.

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

1862.

MEMBERS

EX

OFFICIIS.

HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN A. ANDREW.

HIS HONOR JOHN NESMITH.

HON. OLIVER WARNER, Secretary of the Commonwealth.