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operation with a capacity of one hundred pounds per day. 

 For the afternoon discussion, James P. King of Peabody 

 was called upon to give his experience with Fertilizers, 

 which he did, greatly to the credit of "commercial fertili- 

 zers." His talk on the subject brought out the experiences 

 of others, which with discussions made a very interesting 

 meeting. 



The 41st Institute was held in Memorial Hall, Brad- 

 ford, Feb. 26, 1886, on a day in contrast of the preceding 

 Institute at Ipswich, where the rain poured down, while 

 at Bradford a violent and heavy snowstorm greeted us, 

 and obliged quite a number to spend the night in George- 

 town on our way home, on account of non-arrival of snow- 

 bound train, to make connection. The meeting, however, 

 was a very interesting one, and well attended, considering 

 the storm. "The Influence of Agriculture on Climate" 

 was the subject of the forenoon, opened by Michael W. 

 Bartlett of West Newbury, with the reading of a paper of 

 more than usual originality and merit, and no one who 

 listened to it could help gaining valuable information, or 

 new subjects of thought. Col. John E. Russell, who was 

 to speak in the afternoon on "The Horse in His Relation 

 to Agriculture," was prevented by the storm from being 

 present. Dr. William Cogswell of Bradford, a well-known 

 lover of the horse, was called upon, and filled with credit 

 the Colonel's place, and his talk, with the interesting dis- 

 cussion which ensued, gave information of benefit to every 

 horse owner, including in its range the strong and weak 

 points of the horse's nature, physical, intellectual and 

 moral ; also the raising, breaking or controlling, and the 

 care and feed of colts and horses. 



The 42d Institute was held March 16, 1886, in Grand 

 Army Hall, Beverly, and was opened by Baxter P. Pike 

 of Topsfield, on the question, "Does Agriculture Offer the 



