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The Chairman. Owing to the sickness of Dr. Nichols, 

 he will not be able to lecture to us this evening ; but, in liis 

 place. Professor INIorse of Salem will deliver a lecture at half- 

 past seven o'clock. The time has now com.e when the meet- 

 ing should be adjourned. 



Adjourned. 



Evening Session. 



The evening meeting was verj' largely attended, Mr. John 

 B. Moore of Concord occupying the chair. The lecturer 

 announced for the evening was Dr. J. R. Nichols of Haver- 

 hill ; but he was unable to be present, and his place was very 

 kindly filled, at short notice, by Professor E. S. Morse of 

 Salem, who delivered a very interesting and entertaining 

 lecture on "Insect Life," to the great gratification of the 

 audience. 



At the conclusion of the lecture, the Board adjourned to 

 Wednesday morning. 



SECOND DAY. 



The Board met on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, 

 and was called to order by his Excellency Gov. Long, 

 President ex officio. He said, " If the best part of Massa- 

 chusetts was not gathered in this hall, I should say that I 

 brouglit to you the good wishes of the Commonwealth. The 

 first business before the meeting this morning is a lecture by 

 Mr, Edward Burnett of Southborough." 



various methods of setting milk for cream. 



BY EDWAKD BURNETT. 



Gentlemen and Fellow-Farmers, — In taking up the 

 subject of my paper to-day, "The Various JNIethods of setting 

 Milk for Cream," I feel as if it should be more properly called 

 "A Paper on the Various Methods of extracting the Cream 

 from Milk," as I am the only dairj^man in the country who is 

 introducing a revolution in the dairy business by the prac- 

 tical working of the centrifugal machine ; and most of my 

 paper will be devoted to this method. 



Wanklyn, the English chemist employed by the city of 



