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good attendance of people, and a fine show of vegetables, 

 fruit, flowers and fancy-work; there was also some fine 

 jxmltry on exhibition. This club is composed of intelligent, 

 wide-awake people who are alive to the interests of agricul- 

 ture; we think that within the limits of this club there are 

 more small fruits, poultry and eggs produced than in any 

 othersection of the county, of equal territory and population, 

 and these being the principal commodities every point is 

 discussed at their winter meetings and taken advantage of 

 and when it comes time for the annual exhibition, the tables 

 -are laden with the best specimens of everything, even to the 

 delectable and bounteous dinner that the ladies are so 

 famous for providing. 



Benjamin P. Ware, 



Chairman of Committee. 



FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



The Society held six Institutes during the season of 

 1889-90 on as many days forenoon and afternoon, at which 

 the following subjects were opened by carefully prepared 

 essays, and freely discussed afterwards, viz. — 



1. "Is the Present Massachusetts System of Taxation 

 Just and Equitable? " 



2. " Highways and their Repairs." 



3. "Poultry." 



L "Agricultural and Pomological Products of Califor- 

 nia." 



5. " Stock Feeding in Relation to the Dairy. " 



6. " Exports and Imports. Their Effects or Influence 

 on the Agriculture of New England." 



7. "The Durability of Different Varieties of Timber and 

 its Adaptability to Farmer's Uses." 



8. "Experiments in Application of Plant Food." 



9. " Reclaiming Wet Meadow Land." 

 10. " Education of Farmers." 



