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 INSTITUTES. 



The Society has held four Institutes the past year, on 

 as many different days, both forenoon and afternoon at 

 which the following subjects were discussed by any of the 

 audience who desired. 



The first Institute for 1907 was held at Grange Hall, 

 Andover, Friday, Feb. 1. Subject, forenoon, "Dairy 

 Farming as a Business," "Inspection of Barns," afternoon 

 "Four Months Experience Milking by Steam," by War- 

 ren C. Jewett of Worcester. 



The second Institute was held at Grange Hall, Haver- 

 hill, Friday, Feb. 15. Subject for the forenoon, "Farm 

 Buildings" by P. M. Harwood, General Agent of the 

 Dairy Bureau ; afternoon, "A Healthy good-natured wife, 

 a Farmer's best investment," by Mrs. S. Ella Southland. 



The Third Institute was held at the Town Hall, Dan- 

 vers, Friday, March 1. Subject for the forenoon, "Mar- 

 ket Gardening," by Henry M. Howard, of West ]!^ewton; 

 afternoon, "Profitable Poultry Keeping," "Eggs and 

 Poultry for Market," by A. F. Hunter, Associate Editor 

 of American Poultry Advocate. 



A field Institute was held at the Danvers Asylum, Fri- 

 day, April 26. The principal speakers were P. M. Har- 

 wood on Judging a good Dairy Cow, Dr. Francis W. Page 

 on Pure Milk, and Tuberculosis Cows, and Dr. Xewcomb 

 on Bovo-Vacine. 



To THE Massachusetts State Board of Agricultuke: 



Having been requested to take the place of Mr. N. Sa- 

 gendorph, the assigned delegate to the Essex AgTieultural 

 Society at Peabody, I visited the exhibition on the 17th of 

 September, which was the opening day, and therefore a 

 little early for all arrangements to be in perfect order. 



