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sive, and insure better results in a pecuniary sense. He de- 

 scribes a hen-house which may be easily and cheaply con- 

 structed. 



Farmers ideas of this subject are usually quite different from 

 that of amateurs and the fowl fanciers, but the experience of 

 the latter is not without its value. 



It is not the fault of the committee that no essays upon 

 matters of leading importance to farmers are published in this 

 number of the Transactions. The committee would say again, 

 as they have said before, that they invite farmers and farmers' 

 sons to supply this deficiency. Ma} T they not hope to receive 

 this year, out of the whole of Essex County, several essays 

 which will meet the popular demand for fresh thoughts from 

 new writers. 



For the committee, 



G. L. Streeter, Chairman. 



Daniel E. Safford, N. M. Hawkes, David W. Low, George 

 TV. Foster, N, A. Horton — Committee. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



In obtaining the names of members of the Society deceased, 

 a list of members was sent to the Trustee in each town and cit} r 

 for revision, requesting date of death and age of each member 

 deceased, with brief notice of each, in print or writing, from 

 which, and from others, the following has been compiled by your 

 committee : 



Robert Callahan, of Audover, died May 22, 1889, from the 

 effects of a sun stroke, received while using a lawn mower. 

 Although not a farmer, being a well known and respected sex- 

 ton, he became a member of the Society in 1868, and was always 

 interested in its affairs, and a constant attendant at its Annual 

 Exhibitions. 



