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4. Report on Subjects assigned for Essays. 



5. Miscellaneous and Unfinished Business. 



6. Appointment of Delegates to Societies. 



Marshall P. Wilder. 

 John B. Moore. 

 P. A. Chadbourne. 



The Report was accepted, when, reports of delegates being 

 in order, Mr. Baker reported upon the Essex Society ; Mr. 

 Saltonstall upon the Middlesex ; Mr. Stone upon the Middle- 

 sex North ; Mr. Peirce upon the Middlesex South ; Mr. 

 Macy upon the Worcester ; Mr. Perry upon the Worcester 

 West ; Mr. Knowlton upon the Worcester North-West ; Mr. 

 Wakefield upon the Worcester South ; Mr. Sanderson upon 

 the Worcester South-East ; Mr. Dwight upon the Hampshire, 

 Franklin and Hampden ; Mr. Hawes (read by the Secretary) 

 upon the Hampshire ; Mr. Shepley upon the Highland ; Mr. 

 L. P. Warner upon the Hampden East ; Mr. Hadwen upon 

 the Franklin ; Mr. Holland upon the Deerfield Valley ; Mr. 

 W. L. Warner upon the Berkshire ; Mr. Chadbourne upon 

 the Housatonic ; Mr. Stone upon the Norfolk ; Mr. Vincent 

 upon the Bristol ; Mr. Smith upon the Plymouth ; Mr. Phin- 

 ney upon the Hingham ; Mr. Fenn upon the Barnstable ; Mr. 

 Merrill upon the Nantucket ; and Mr. Knox upon the Martha's 

 Viueyard. 



A committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Moore, Hadwen 

 and Macy, was appointed to consider and report upon the 

 time and place for holding the next country meeting. 



The Committee on Credentials was constituted by the 

 appointment of Messrs. Phinney, Wakefield and Fenn. 



Mr. Dwight presented and read an essay upon the — 



SIZE AND CONDUCT OF FARMS IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



What I may have to say is from my own experience and 

 observation. The proper size of farms in Massachusetts 

 depends very much on the location, and so does their manage- 

 ment. For instance, a farm of a few acres near a city, town, 



