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objectionable features about the fair, and it was a credit 

 to the Society and its officers, and seems to be making 

 along the lines on which the State so generously assists the 

 agricultural societies. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. A. Harwood, Inspector. 



FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



The Society held four Institutes the past year on as many 

 different days, forenoon and afternoon, at which the fol- 

 lowing subjects were offered by carefully prepared essays, 

 and discussed by any of the audience who desired. 



The first Institute was held at Haverhill, Jan. 10, the 

 subject for the forenoon being " Rural and Farm Law," by 

 Robert W. Lyman, Esq., of Northampton. Subject for the 

 afternoon, " The Food and Care of a Farmer's Household," 

 by :M. W. Bartlett, of West Newbury. 



The second Institute was held at Salem, Feb. 7, the sub- 

 ject for the forenoon being, "Advanced ^Methods in Feed- 

 ing Cattle," by Prof. William P. Brooks, of the Agricul- 

 tural College. At the afternoon session Hon. William R. 

 Sessions, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture read 

 a carefully prepared paper on the " Gypsy Moth " giving 

 a history of its habits and what had been done to destroy it 

 in the state. 



The third Institute was held in Newburyport, March 6, 

 the subject for both forenoon and afternoon being " Fruit, 

 its Cultivation, Care and Marketing," by E. W. Wood, 

 Esq., of Newton. 



The fourth and last Listitute of the season was held at 

 Beverl}', April 3rd, the subject for both meetings forenoon 

 and afternoon being, " Infectious Diseases of Domestic An- 

 imals, Their Causation and Prevention," by Dr. Theobald 

 Smith, of the Bussey Institution, Jamaica Plain. 



