wrong way of sawing when taking off large branches. He 

 also showed a pruning outfit, and upon some young trees 

 brought in from outside, demonstrated the proper methods 

 of pruning to obtain the different forms of heads from the 

 time the tree was planted. 



Lunenburg 



On P"'ebruary 18, a joint institute was held with the 

 Middlesex North Agricultural Society at Lunenburg. Pres- 

 ident ]\Iead of the Agricultural Society called the meeting 

 to order, and then President Maynard took charge and in- 

 troduced the speakers. Mr. Elmer B. Parker of AVilton, N. 

 H., read a very practical paper on Peach Growing in N. H. 

 Lively discussion and questions followed imtil a halt was 

 called for the free lunch which was served by Lunenburg 

 Grange. 



The speaker of the afternoon session was Prof. F. C. 

 Sears of the Agricultural College on "Personal Experi- 

 ences in Starting an Orchard in Massachusetts." A com- 

 plete description was given of the methods followed and the 

 results obtained to date on this farm where some 25.000 trees 

 have already been planted. 



Danvers 



A joint meeting with the Essex County Agricultural 

 Society was held March 3, at Danvers with President Dan- 

 forth presiding. At both sessions the subjects were illus- 

 trated by stereopticon. That of Professor Pickett of N. H. 

 Agricultural College, in the morning, was on Pruning the 

 Apple Orchard. The slides showed the various methods of 

 pruning the old high headed trees to lower these, and also 

 it showed the proper ways of pruning young trees. Dinner 

 was served by Danvers Grange at noon. 



At the afternoon session, Mr. Wilfred Wheeler of Con- 

 cord, gave a very interesting and instructive talk on the 

 Culture of Small Fruits. The pictures shown were many of 

 them taken on his own farm which added to the interest. 



A strenuous attempt was made to hold an institute at 

 Framingham in conjimction with the Middlesex South Ag- 

 ricultural Society and Framingham Grange. After writing 

 eight different speakers and being unable to secure one for 

 that date and as the Agricultural Society was having diffi- 



