AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS, 1889.

AMESBURY AND SALISBURY at Amesbury, October 1 and 2.
BAY STATE (date not given).

BARNSTABLE at Barnstable, September 24 and 25.
BERKSHIRE at Pittsfield, September 10, 11, 12 and 13.
BLACKSTONE VALLEY at Uxbridge, September 24 and 25.
BRISTOL at Taunton, September 24, 25 and 26.

DEERFIELD VALLEY at Charlemont, September 12 and 13.
EASTERN HAMPDEN at Palmer, September 17 and 18.

ESSEX at Beverly, September 24 and 25.

FRANKLIN at Greenfield, September 26 and 27.

HAMPDEN at Westfield, September 18 and 19.

HAMPSHIRE at Amherst, September 19 and 20.

HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN at Northampton, October 2

and 3.

HIGHLAND at Middlefield, September 4 and 5.

HILLSIDE at Cummington, September 24 and 25.

HINGHAM at Hingham, September 24 and 25.

HOOSAC VALLEY at North Adams, September 17, 18 and 19.
HOUSATONIC at Great Barrington, September 25, 26 and 27.

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL at Boston, September 17, 18, 19

and 20.

MARSHFIELD at Marshfield, September 11, 12 and 13.

MARTHA'S VINEYARD at West Tisbury, September 3 and 4.

MIDDLESEX at Concord, September 25 and 26.

MIDDLESEX NORTH at Lowell, September 24 and 25.

MIDDLESEX SOUTH at Framingham, September 17 and 18.

NANTUCKET at Nantucket, September 4 and 5.

OXFORD at Oxford, September 17 and 18.

PLYMOUTH at Bridgewater, September 18 and 19.
SPENCER at Spencer, October 3 and 4.

UNION at Blandford, September 11 and 12.

WORCESTER at Worcester, September 19 and 20.

WORCESTER NORTH at Fitchburg, September 24 and 25.
WORCESTER NORTH-WEST at Athol, September 17 and 18.
WORCESTER SOUTH at Sturbridge, September 12 and 13.
WORCESTER WEST at Barre, September 26 and 27.

APPENDIX.

constituted.

SECTION 1. The governor, lieutenant-governor, and Board, how secretary of the commonwealth, the president of the agricultural college, one person appointed from and by each agricultural society which receives an annual bounty from the commonwealth, and three other persons appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, shall constitute the state board of agriculture.

Tenure of bers.

office of mem.

how filled.

SECT. 2. One-third of the appointed members of said board shall retire from office on the first Wednesday of February in each year, according to their appointments. The vacancies thus occurring shall be Vacancies, filled by the governor and council, or by the agricultural societies, as the offices were before filled, and the persons thus appointed shall hold their offices for three years from the expiration of the former terms. Other vacancies may be filled in the same manner for the remainder of the vacant terms.