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Proceedings of the AVinter Meeting — Concluded: 



Remarks of Mr. Floyd on Ferneries 84 



Question Box. Pears, Grapes 85 



Entertainment at Grangers' Hall 85 



Business Meeting. Reports of Committees, Ac 86 



Report on tho Exhibition of Fruit at Winter Meeting 87 



Report from Androscoggin Countj', D. J. Briggs 88 



Report from Waldo County, J. W. Lang 89 



The Apple, Maine Farmer 91 



Fruit Raising in Maine, Lewiston Journal 92 



Report from Cumberland County, Cor, Lewiston Journal 94 



Fruit Growing in Maine, S. JV. T., in Maine Farmer 95 



Preserving the Fertility of Orchards by Sheep-grazing, A. W. Tinkham 97 



Contribution to the Ilistory of Orcharding in Maine, Alfred Smith 99 



Essay on Forest Culture, A. W. Tinkham 101 



Appendix: 



Report of Treasurer 107 



Executive Committee 108 



Secretary, (on Correspondence. <fec. ) 109 



List of Members Ill 



