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income that comes from the dairies after they are through with 

 making cheese. Then, again, there is a milk car that runs 

 through to Boston, on the Boston and Albany road, and, for 

 several months after we get through making cheese, a good deal 

 of milk is sent to the Boston market. Now to get at the real 

 profit of our cows, we must take the entire income, not merely 

 what we receive in a short time. 

 Adjourned to half-past one o'clock. 



Afternoon Session. 



On the reassembling of the Convention, the Chair stated that 

 the subject for discussion was 



FRUIT CULTURE, 



which was opened by J. F. C. Hyde, of Newton. He said : — 



The subject presented for discussion at this time is old and 

 familiar and yet always an interesting one. It may be asked, 

 what we have to offer that is new. Possibly not much, but we 

 believe that good always comes from the free discussion of 'most 

 any subject. What \?e have to say on this occasion will have 

 particular reference to fruit-growing in our own State. The 

 time was when some fruits were grown more easily than they 

 now are. Our climate seems to have changed in some respects, 

 rendering successful fruit-growing more difficult, while we have 

 many more insect enemies to contend with, so that the chances 

 of success are not so good as formerly. Apples could once be 

 grown with as much ease and certainty as potatoes or Indian 

 corn, while the crop is now considered somewhat uncertain, and 

 by many as unprofitable. 



No fruit grown in our climate enters so largely into our 

 cookery, or is more highly esteemed for all purposes than this, 

 and we feel that we cannot possibly do without it, but we shall 

 certainly be obliged to do so if we depend solely on the crop 

 produced within our own limits. Is the limited supply due 

 wholly to the seasons, or is it true proper attention has not been 

 given to the selection of varieties that would bear the odd years 

 when the Baldwin does not, or to the neglect to plant apple- 

 trees, and to take care of those already planted, or all these 

 causes combined ? 



