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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 



excellent opportunity afforded by this time of 

 comparative leisure to write out for us the ex- 

 periences of the past season's operations. 

 Much has no doubt been learned by every far- 

 mer; some have succeeded with certain ex- 

 periments, others, doubtless, have failed — let 

 our readers have the knowledge of those fail- 

 ures or successes, and thus confer a benefit 

 upon the large family of our subscribers . Every 

 reader of the Farmer, who is himself a prac- 

 tical man, has without doubt learned something 

 new about the action of manures, the culture 

 of crops, the feeding and fattening of cattle, 

 the care of bees, the grafting of trees, the 

 growing of grapes or some one of the almost 

 numberless operations of the farm, garden, 

 orchard and general rural economy, and we 

 invite all such to contribute for our columns 

 any article, fact, suggestion or result of experi- 

 ment, upon any or all of the above topics, or 

 others having relation to farm matters, for the 

 entertainment and instruction of our readers. 

 Send along the documents, kind friends, and 

 thus help us in our endeavors to make our paper 

 of greater value, of more practical worth, and 

 having more direct interest to all farmers and 

 working men. We will cheerfully do any ne- 

 cessary pruning upon your letters, and put 

 them in proper shape for publication. Shall 

 we not have a ready and generous response to 

 this direct call upon our readers and corres- 

 pondents for the information wanted, and which 

 none beside can so well furnish ?" 



For the New England Farmer, 

 MILK PKODUCERS' C02SrVENT10ISr. 



A large and enthusiastic meeting of those 

 engaged in the production of milk — delegates 

 from Farmer's Clubs, and representatives of 

 the various milk routes in the counties of 

 Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk and Worcester, 

 and from New Hampshire, also, — was held at 

 the New England House, in Boston, on Tues- 

 day, December 3, in pursuance of a call of a 

 committee of the North Wrentham Farmers' 

 Club, "/or the jiurpose of protecting their in- 

 terests, and arranging a uniform scale of 

 prices dependent upon the supply and price of 

 feed, <fcc." 



The Convention was called to order by D. 

 Rounds, Esq., of North Wrentham, who, sub- 

 sequently, was appointed permanent chairman 

 of the Convention. Samuel Osgood, of Ster- 

 ling, was chosen secretary. 



On assuming the duties of the chair, Mr. 

 Rounds addressed the Convention in appro- 



{)riate remarks, setting forth at considerable 

 cngth, the origin and objects of the meeting. 



On motion, a committee on credentials Avas 

 appointed. 



An animated discussion now followed, in 

 which a large number of gentlemen partici- 

 pated, after which, a committee of twel.e was 

 appointcid to prepare and present to the meet- 

 ing, as far as practicable, a plan of organiza- 

 tion ; and also, to nominate a list of odicers. 



After an adjournment of an hour, the Con- 

 vention was again called to order, and the 

 committee on organization submitted the fol- 

 lowing report : — 



The committee recommended the formation 

 of a permanent: association, to be called "The 

 Milk Producers' Association." 



That the officers of the Association consist 

 of a President ; three Vice Presidents ; Sec- 

 retary ; Treasurer ; and a board of six Direc- 

 tors. 



The committee recommend that another 

 public meeting of milk producers and dele- 

 gates from Farmer's Clubs, be held in Boston, 

 on the 26th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M., at some 

 place to be designated hereafter, for the pur- 

 pose of perfecting the organization, and for 

 the transaction of any other needful business. 



The committee nominated the following gen- 

 tlemen as officers of the Association : — 



For President— '^r. Belknap, of Westboro'. 



For Vice Presidents — J. Kobertson, of Quincy; L. 

 Crosby, of Biilciioa; Dua. Geo. Shute, of . 



For Secretary— T>. Hounds, of North W'renlliam. 



For Treasurer— ti. 11. M. Murd, of Wavluud. 



For hirectors — W. s I'illsbury, of Londonderry, 

 N. H. ; C. A Hubbard, Concord, Mass. ; Hammon Keed, 

 Lexington, Mats. ; Elias Colburn, Temple, N. II.; C 



H. JtiaskC'U, Harvard, Mass ; Gen. Nason, Uamp- 



tou Falls, N. H. ; Bamuel Osgood, Sterlir g, M.a;B. 



The committee also recommended that the 

 President, Secretary, and W. S. Pillsbury, be 

 a committee to prepare a Constitution and 

 suitable By-Laws for the government of the 

 Association. 



The report of the committee was accepted, 

 and adopted unanimously. 



It was voted tliat the Secretary prepare and 

 offer for publication, a copy of the proceed- 

 ings of the convention in The Massachusetts 

 Ploughman and New Exgl.\nd Farmer. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to the chair- 

 man of the convention for tlie courteous and 

 able manner in which his duties had been per- 

 formed, to which he appropriately responded, 

 after which the convention adjourned. 



Samuel Osgood, Secretary. 



For the Xew England Farmer. 

 "CANNING FRQIT." 



An article with the al)ove heading, taken 

 from the Farm and Fireside, has been going 

 the rounds of the papers, and it seems to have 

 taken well with the editorial fraternity, if not 

 with the people. The writer says "Like many 

 others, 1 tried again and again to .seal fruit 

 cans so as to keep tlie fruit without moulding 

 on the top, but did not succeed." 



Now 1 would ask the writer whether he used 



