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EVENING. 



A lecture was given in the evening on the '^ Profits of Dairying," 

 hy Francis Barnes, of Houlton, owner and operator of the Nicker- 

 son Cheese Factory. Mr. Barnes took the ground that daii-ying is 

 the most profitable branch of stock husbandry- for Aroostook count}', 

 and that associated cheese making offered the best facilities for 

 converting their milk into a cash product. The success of the 

 several factories in the county was ample proof of this. The busi- 

 ness, then, should be intensified and extended. The county has 

 natural facilities for the business, where the}' are developed, equal 

 to an}' of the famous dairy sections of the country. 



After an exchange of courtesies the Institute adjourned. 



PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 



Institute at Carroll- 



The Institute for the north part of Penobscot county was held at 

 Carroll, by invitation of the Baskahegau Grange, at their Grange 

 hall, Oct. 19. This Grange embraces in its membership all the 

 principal citizens of the town. It has built for its use a large and 

 commodious hall, which affords in addition to the uses of the organi- 

 zation, a central place for the social and religious gatherings of the 

 town. 



A. O. Ingersoll, Esq., member of the Board for that county, 

 called to order, and after preliminary remarks introduced 



Sfxijetaky Gilbert, who congratulated the farmers present on the 

 cooperative efforts which had secured to their use the hall in which 

 the meeting was assembled, and expressed his pleasure to be able to 

 respond to their earnest invitation, and to bring to their attention a 

 programme which, while it bears directly upon the practical farming 

 of those present, also contributes in a small measure towards 

 furnishing a social and intellectual entertainment, which many times 

 is of great value to the farming towns remote from social centres. 

 The example here goes to show that the wants of a community can 



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