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It seems to me this officer might go still further, and inspect 

 the milk for impurities and also examine the cans. It seems 

 to me the inspector should go very much further than simply 

 look for water in the milk. If a farmer loses two or three 

 hundred hens, an officer at once starts for the hen thief, evi- 

 dently to interview him and see if there are any feathers on 

 him. I believe there is a better way of setting in motion a 

 system of detection, and I believe if our officers would look 

 after the milk a little further, it would materially improve 

 the quality of our milk. 



Adjourned at 3.50 p.m. 



Evening Session. 

 In the evening Hon. William E. Simonds of Hartford, 

 Conn., delivered a most interesting and instructive lecture 

 on "The triumphs of invention." The lecturer considered 

 the four great inventions and discoveries, — spinning and 

 weaving, printing, steam engine and electricity. A hun- 

 dred or more stereopticon views beautifully illustrated what 

 the speaker said. By agreement the lecture is withheld 

 from publication. 



SECOND DAY. 



The meeting was called together at 10.15 a.m. by Secre- 

 tary Sessions, who said: The vice-president has requested 

 me to announce that Mr. J. L. Ellsworth of Worcester 

 will preside this morning. 



The Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen : The subject 

 for this morning is " Market gardening with limited capital,' 

 and it gives me pleasure to introduce to you Mr, H. W. 

 CoLLiNGwooD, editor of the "Rural New Yorker." 



Mr. CoLLiNGWOOD. Farmers of Massachusetts : I do not 

 know just how you conduct your meetings over here in the 

 old Bay State. Where I live, in New Jersey, which I 

 believe has not yet been admitted to the Union, we have a 

 free and easy, off-hand way, and if the speaker makes a 

 statement we do not believe, we make hash of him. 



