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it. Little neglects impair the looks and value of any- 

 place, more especially the farm. 



President Ware endorsed Mr. Whittaker, and said he 

 knew manufacturers who had been doing a losing- busi- 

 ness, had, by utilizing what had been waste products 

 before, made it a profitable business. 



Hon. Joseph How of Methuen, urged those present to 

 take the lesson of Mr. Whittaker home and profit by it. 



Hon. Warren Brown spoke, as he usually does, in a 

 humorous vein, but with good, sound sense mixed with 

 it. He believed in destroying any old rubbish, and never 

 regretted it. He used a boiler on his place, and all the 

 rubbish, including the hired men's old clothes, boots, and 

 such things, left lying around, found their way into it. 

 Burdocks should be cut down and then killed by kerosene 

 oil poured on them. It should be the duty of road sur- 

 veyors to mow the roadsides. 



James P. King and President Ware thought front fen- 

 ces should be done away with, and advocated the setting 

 out of shade trees. 



Messrs. O. L. Carlton of Danvers, Frank Marsh of Pea- 

 body, Mr. Case of North Reading, and others took part 

 in the discussion. 



The 56th Institute was held at the Town Hall, Pea- 

 body, February 14th, 1888, and was opened by Charles 

 W. Mann of Methuen, on " Cabbage, Onion and Potato 

 Crops," who said the secret of success for all crops of the 

 farm and garden is more in the size of the manure pile 

 than in the size of the field. Manure should be got into 

 the ground in the fall, not in the spring, as it mixes bet- 

 ter with the soil, and time is not so valuable. Keep the 

 soil stirring by keeping the hoes going. Mr. Mann related 

 his, experiences with his crops, and said he had a book 

 account with every crop. 



Mr. J. J. H. Gregory of Marblehead, «said there could 

 be no accurate farming without farm accounts. Fruits 

 and cabbages do better where they originate than else- 

 where. Used ashes on cabbage land year after year, 



