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acres of mowing land and 50 acres of woodland, near to 

 churches and a school-house ; there is also an elegant fish 

 pond a mile long within ten minutes' walk ; and that farm 

 has been sold for $700, and only $350 down. The other 

 $350 can be paid up when you want to, and the taxes are 

 only $13.50. Kow, where is the business man that can 

 show any such opportunity ? 



The Chairman. I have had the name of Mr. E. A. Emer- 

 son handed me. I would like to hear from him. 



Mr. E. A. Emerson (of Haverhill). I can say that I 

 have enjoyed the address of the morning, and it is in the 

 line of that address that the future prosperity of New Eng- 

 land exists. I believe in progress. I believe in that kind 

 of work, and if we are not willing to put the push and 

 energy and intelligence into it which it demands, we had 

 better o;et out of the business. 



Mr. Lee. I had a brother eighteen years old. He was 

 used to work on the farm. He was stout, strong, healthy, 

 and had a great deal of energy. He had a call to go to 

 Boston at the age of eighteen years. He went, and in twelve 

 years he has earned about ten thousand dollars and got a good 

 position ; and I asked him, " How much have you saved of 

 that ten thousand dollars in the city ? " "About one-fifth." 

 Now, the question arises, had he staid on a farm those years 

 and worked with that energy, would he not have accumu- 

 lated more? Would he not have more to-day? That is the 

 question. 



The Chairman. We shall be obliged to close now. I am 

 sorry to cut oifthis discussion. We will adjourn until half- 

 past one o'clock this afternoon. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called to order by Secretary Sessions, 

 who called upon Mr. Whitaker to state the result of his 

 tests with the Babcock milk tester. 



INIr. George M. Whitaker. Time is so precious that 

 there is none to expend in explaining the test at all, or to 

 give you anything more than the results. I have tested one 

 sample of cream which gave 18 1-2 per cent fat, — cream 

 raised by the Cooley process, a good, fair, average sample 



