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1. "The present condition of underdrained Lands in Essex 

 County." 



2. "Pasture Lands, and the best methods of their Improve- 

 ment." 



3. "Which has been the most profitable Crops to Essex 

 County Farmers during the past five years?" 



4. "Whittier the Poet of the New England Home." 



5. "Utilizing the Waste of the Farm." 



6. "How can Farmers most profitably spend the Winter 

 Season." 



7. "Co-operative Creameries." 



8. "Does the present Dog Law answer the requirements of 

 the Public of Essex County." 



9. "The Parasites of our Domestic Animals." 



10. "Insects injurious to our Farm Crops." 



11. "The Profits of Farming." 



12. "A Trip to Florida." 



All of which were reported quite fully in the "Essex County 

 Mercury," and a copy mailed to each member in the county. 



The first Institute of the season, and the 61st one of the So- 

 ciety, was held at Beverly, Town Hall, Dec. 13, 1888, President 

 Ware presiding. James J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, opened 

 in the forenoon, with the subject of "The Present Condition of 

 Underdrained Lands in Essex County," who stated that he had 

 counted twenty six lots of land, which had been underdrained 

 by himself and neighbors, in Marblehead and Middleton, seven- 

 teen being his own. 



Mr, Gregory, and all the speakers following him (excepting 

 one,) took the ground that all lands are emphatically improved 

 by underdraining, that underdrains are better than open drains, 

 that when properly constructed there is no trouble with them, 

 and that they pay when not too elaborately built. Mr. Gregory 



