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seven and eight quarts of milk have made a pound of 

 butter. 



In the Farmington (Conn.) creamery, the milk of twenty 

 Guernsey cows colored the butter from five hundred cows. 



Until within ten years, very few of these animals were 

 owned in Massachusetts, or, in fact, in New England. Most 

 of the animals coming to this country were taken to Pennsyl- 

 vania. A few years ago, however, the Massachusetts Society 

 for Promoting Agriculture and three or four private individ- 

 uals imported, and most of them still own, herds of these 

 animals, and continue to breed them. 



This breed seems to have the power of transmitting its 

 valuable qualities to its grades ; and many three-fourth bloods 

 fully equal the thorough-breds at the pail. 



E. F. Bowditch. 



Feb. 3, 1880. 



Mr. Ware, on behalf of the committee on subjects, sub- 

 mitted the following list, with the committees to which they 

 were assigned : — 



1. " The Improvement of Salt-Marshes." Messrs. Goess- 

 mann, Baker, and Lane. 



2. " Raising and Selecting Field and Garden Seeds." 

 Messrs. Moore, Hadwen, and Warner. 



3. "Experiments in Potato-Culture." Messrs. Ware, 

 Wheeler, and Hersey. 



4. " What has Chemistry done for Agriculture ? " Messrs. 

 Nichols, Goessmann, and Abbott. 



5. " Cultivation of Small-Fruits." Messrs. Brown, Slade, 

 and Bowditch. 



6. " The Basket-Willow and Culture." Messrs. Hersey, 

 Herrick, and Pierson. 



7. " What Influence does Farming as an Occupation have 

 on the Mind ? " Messrs. Baker, Varnum, and Warner. 



8. " Is there Profit in Steaming Fodder for Cows ? " Messrs. 

 Sessions, Demond, and Bowditch. 



9. " Poultry Raising." Messrs. Demond, Lynde, and 

 Damon. 



Professor Goessmann", at the request of the secretary 

 submitted the following paper — 



