1869. 



NEW ENGLAND FARjVIER. 



169 



eee and direct the erection of the buildings on the Fair 

 ground and otherwise prepare eucli grounds and carry 

 out the rulfB and regulaiiona of the bociety and of ihe 

 Executive Committee in relation to eaid fair, and who 

 shall be paid out of the funds of the Society such Bams 

 as the said Executive Committee shall award. 



AnT. 6. The i'resideiit, or in case of his absence, 

 either of the Vice Presidents shall upon request of any 

 thrte of the Kxeeutive Committee cail a special meeting 

 of such committee, or of the Board of Managers, or of 

 the society. 



Art. f . The Board of Managers may fix the amount 

 of compensation to be paid the Secretary and Treasurer 

 per annum. 



Art. 8. The Executive Committee in all other mat- 

 ters subject to the constitution and by-laws shall regu- 

 li>te all the concerns of the Society, during the intorv;>ls 

 of its meetings ; publish such communications and offer 

 such premiums iis they shall thmk proper; and they 

 ehiill lay before the Society, at each of its meetings, a 

 statement of thtir proceeamgs. 



Art. 9. The Secretary shall keep a record of all the 

 votes and proceedings of the Society and of the mana- 

 gers and Executive committee, and fchall record such 

 communications as they shall direct. 



Art. 10. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys due 

 or payable to the Society, and all donations that may 

 be made to it. He shall from time to time pay out such 

 moneys as he shall have orders for from the Executive 

 ccmmittte, and shall annually, and whenever thereto 

 required, render a fair account of all his receipts and 

 payments to the Society or a committee thereof. He 

 Bliail give bonds for the faithful discharge of his duty, 

 in such sum and with such sureties as the Executive 

 Committee shall direct. 



Art. 11. A committee shall be appointed annually 

 by 1 he Executive Committee to audit the Treasurer's 

 accounts, who shall report to the Society : and the same 

 being accepted, shall be entered by the Secretary in his 

 books. 



Art. 12. In case of the death, resignation, incapac- 

 ity or removal of the Secretary or Treasurer, the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee shall take charge of the official books, 

 papers, and o\her effects, belongiug to the office that 

 may be vacated, and give receipts for the same ; which 

 books, papers, &c., they may deliver to some person 

 whom they may appoint to till the office until the next 

 rreeting of the Society, at which time there shall be a 

 new choice. 



Art. 13. All the present members of the old New 

 England Agricultural Society shall be members of this 

 Society, and any other person may become an annual 

 member by the payment, of two dollars, and a life mem- 

 ber by the payment of five dollars. 



Art. It. The Vice President and Managers in each 

 State shall constitute a committee for that State to so- 

 licit and receive subscriptions for raising a fund for en- 

 couraging the pursuit of Agriculture, uider the din c- 

 tion ot this Society ; and they shall act as Executive 

 Committee for thai State for such purposes. 



Art. 15. The Governors and Lieutenarit Governors 

 of the New England States, shall be admitted honorary 

 members of the Society. 



Art. 16. The annual exhibitions of the Society shall 

 be held in the said States or elsewhere as the Executive 

 Committee shall decide. 



Art. 17. All the present officers of the New Eng- 

 land Agriculiural bociety shall be the officers of this 

 Scciet> until the next annual aaeetiijg, or their succes- 

 sors are appointtd. 



Art. 18. The annual meeting of the Society shall bfi 

 held on the first Tuesday of February, of each year, at 

 such place as the Board of Managers may determine, 

 and all meetings shall be called by giving no less than 

 fourteen days notice in one agricultural paper in each 

 State. 



Art. 19. This Constituticn may be amended by a 

 vote if three-fourths of the members present at any an- 

 nual meeting. 



Art. 20. In case of the resignation or death of any 

 of the Executive Committee the remaining members 

 shall have power to fill the vacancy thus created. 



After some debate the feo for life member- 

 ship was fixeil at $5 and for annual member- 

 ship $2 per year. 



The last clause of the resolution, excluding 

 manufacturers and venders of agricultural im- 



plements from committees of award on such 

 implements was stricken out. 



The President stated that arrangements 

 were in progress looking to the holding of the 

 next Annual Exhibition in Maine. 



All rules and resolutions passed by the old 

 Society were adopted by the new, so far as 

 applicable. 



The old Society being called to order it wa:s 



Voted, That the Secretary be instructed to appropri- 

 ate the $500 in 1 is hands for the publication of a report, 

 to the publicati' n of the reports of the Fairs iu Ver- 

 mont, Hhode Island and Conrecticut; and that he pay 

 the officers with the other $500 received for th it pur- 

 pose from the Khode I.^land Society; and that the bal- 

 ance of motley in his hands and in the hands of the 

 Treasurer, be paid to the Treasurer of the New Eng- 

 land Agricultural Society, this day organized under the 

 charter. 



EXTBACTS ANT> REPLIES. 



BITffER MILK. 



For several weeks past the milk from our two 

 cows has been very bitter. It has a little more 

 consistency than usual, as we observe in straining. 

 We have recently given them in addition to their 

 usual feed hay and meal, the swill we formerly 

 gave to the hogs and some turnips. Please give 

 any information in your power in relation to the 

 extreme bitterness of the milk. w. 



Middleboro' , Mass., Jan. 1, 1889. 



Remaeks. — There is always more or less com- 

 plaint of bitter milk in the winter season. The 

 principal cause, we think, is the want of a place 

 where the temperature is eten, and just suited to 

 throw up the cream. If the temperature is regu- 

 larly too low, or if it falls below sixty degrees, a 

 portion of the time, the milk stands too long, and 

 the milk assumes a bitter taste, that is imparted 

 also to the cream. Only a few cellars are suited 

 to the raising of cream in the winter. Where 

 they are not, the better way is to set the pans of 

 milk in some dry, clean, warm closet, in the kitchen, 

 or near a chimney where an even temperature will 

 prevail. If the milk is not affected by any other 

 cause, in such a place we think it would remain 

 sweet until the usual amount of cream has risen. 

 In our own practice we rarely feed turnips to cows 

 from whose milk we are making butter. Perhaps 

 it may be done and not affect the milk to the taste, 

 but we prefer not to run the risk, and feed man- 

 golds, carrots, beets or grain to the milch cows, 

 and let the turnips go to dry stock. There may 

 be other causes for bitter milk, but if so, we do 

 not know what they are. 



SHAVINGS OF ASH WOOD AS AN AESOKEENT. 



Will it pay a farmer who has a large farm and a 

 large stock of cattle and horses to winter, to draw 

 shavings from the planing mill and turning lathe, 

 one mile for bedding his stock, and also as an ab- 

 sorbent of the liquid voidings from his animals ? 

 The shavings are mostly made from ash wood. 



West Dover, Vt., Jan.id, 1869. e. s. c. 



Remaeks. — Yes, sir, we have no doubt of it. 

 The cattle will lie warmer and easier for the bed- 



