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tried the past season to see if it were possible to raise 

 twenty tons of Hubbard squashes to the acre and had ob- 

 tained only a little more than one half that amount. In 

 answer to a question Mr. Low said the largest crop of 

 squashes, with another crop he knew of being raised, was 

 in Dedham, where 9 tons of squashes and 200 bushels of 

 potatoes had been raised on an acre. 



After this a general discussion took place between Mr. 

 Butler of Georgetown, Mr. Parker of Groveland, Mr. 

 Knight of Newbury, Warren Brown of Hampton Fallsy 

 Mr. Rogers, and others. 



The 81st Institute of this Society was held by invitation 

 of the Newbury Farmers' Club at Parker Hall in that town 

 on Friday, Jan. 15, 1892. 



The subject for discussion in the forenoon was "The 

 Management of Milch Cows," the principal speaker at 

 the morning and afternoon meetings being Secretary Ses- 

 sions of the State Board of Agriculture. There was a 

 large attendance at both meetings. 



President Appleton presided, and before introducing Mr. 

 Sessions took the opportunity to say that it was with great 

 pleasure that the Society met with so active a society as the 

 Newbury Farmers' Club in holding an Institute, and, al- 

 though the weather was so inclement as to oblige them to 

 come inside, according to tlie old maxim it was taking care 

 of their grass for them the coming season. 



Mr. Sessions said that he did not expect that his subject 

 was at all new to Essex County farmers and therefore 

 asked the audience not to be critical. 



He dwelt first on the importance of his topic here in New 

 England. In 1880, according to the census, there were 

 13,000,000 milch cows in the country, and he had no doubt 

 but at the present time there were 16,000,000 cows requir- 

 ing 60,000,000 acres of land and the labor of 700,000 men 

 to keep the milk supply of the country good. He said what 

 was needed especially for milk farming was a cow with a 



