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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 



the growth of plants suited to the zones in 

 which they grow. Where the days are shorter 

 and the nights longer, a more extended sea- 

 son is needed. 



The alternations in the movements of the 

 heavenly bodies bring the needed compensation 

 and adjust them to the wants of nature. The 

 sun is the engine that awakens the activities of 

 all organized beings. The plants that spring 

 into life under the stimulus of lengthened 

 days require a long winter for rest ; while 

 those that have a diurnal season of sleep re- 

 quire a shorter period of winter for their rest. 

 Thus they are all adapted to the position in 

 which nature has placed them. 



The old English proverbs with relation to 

 the weather are seldom applicable in our cli- 

 mate, else looking back to the mild and spring- 

 like days of January we might quote the fol- 

 lowing: — 



"March in Janiveer, 

 January in March, I fear." 



"If January calends be summerly gay, 

 'Twill be winterly weather till the calends of May." 



UEW ENGLAND AQ'L SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting. — The annual meeting 

 of this Society was held at Meionian Hall, in 

 this city, on Tuesday, Feb. 1. There was a 

 very fair attendance, considering the state of 

 the weather. Massachusetts and New Hamp- 

 shire sent the largest delegations, with a very 

 fair number from Vermont, a few from Rhode 

 Island and Connecticut, and one or two from 

 Maine. 



The meeting was opened with a few re- 

 marks from Hon. Geo. B. Loring, the Presi- 

 dent. 



The election of officers was first in or- 

 der, and Dr. Loring was re-elected Presi- 

 dent by a unanimous vote. Daniel Needham, 

 of Groton, was re- elected Secretary. There 

 was some debate on the question of Treasurer, 

 the re-election of Mr. Gage being advocated 

 by Mr. Currier, of Exeter, and opposed by 

 John B. Clarke, of Manchester. The vote 

 resulted in the choice of Geo. W. Riddle, of 

 Manchester, N. H., by a vote of 70 to 32 for 

 Isaac K. Gage. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. I. K. 

 Gage, for his efficient services as Treasurer 

 for the past five years. 



A recess of short duration was then had, to 

 enable the delegations from the several States 



to nominate their candidates for Vice Presi- 

 dents and Trustees. On re-assembling the 

 following board of officers was reported and' 

 unanimously adopted : — 



Massachusetts — Vice President. Wi'liam S.Clark 

 of Amherst College. Trustees, 8. H. Howe, Boston ; 

 J, A. Harwood, Littleton ; 1 homas Saunders, Balem; 

 Richard Goodman, Lenox; Peter Butler, Quincy; Levi 

 Stockbridge, Amherst; James F. Thompson, Nan- 

 tucket; John Johnson, Jr., Framingham; William 

 Birnie, Bprincfield, 



BJew IIampshire— Fice President, Fred'b Smyth, 

 Manchester. Tnistces, D. H. iioodeil, Antrim; War- 

 ren F. Dariell, B'ranklin ; Warren Brown, Hampton 

 Falls; Charles Williams , Manchester; JohnH. Bailey, 

 Portsmouth; George A. Pillsbury, Concord; Robert 

 Ellwell, Langdon; Charles M. Murphy, Dover; Green- 

 leaf Clnrke. Atkinson. 



Rhode Island— F«'ce President, Amnsa Sprague, 

 Cranston. Trustees, Obadiah Brown, North Provi- 

 dence; Lyman B. Frieze and W. E, Barrett, Provi- 

 dence; Thomas B. BufFum, Middleton; E. D, Pearce, 

 East Providence; Cyrus Harris. River Point; Henry 

 G.Russell, Warwick; Henry J, Brown, Cumberland; 

 James D. W. Perry, Bristol. 



Maine — Vice President, Thos. 8. Lang, North Vas- 

 salboro". Trustees, 8. L. Goodale, Saco; Columbus 

 •Stewart, North Anson; Beth Scammon, Scarboro'; 

 Waldo T. Pierce, Bangor; Geo. W. Kicker, Bath ; J. 

 F.Anderson, North Windham; Calvin Chamberlain, 

 Foxcroft; George F. Shepley, Portland; P. B. Gilman, 

 Orono. 



Vermont— FJce President, E. 8. Stowell, Cornwall, 

 Trustees, G. Campbell, Westminster; Henry Clark, 

 Rutland; O. 8. Bliss, Georgia; P. Winslow, Putney ; 

 G. C. Chandler, Montpelier; L. T. Tucker, Koyalton; 

 H. M. Hull, East Burke; L. 8. Drew, Burlington; H. 

 B. Kent, Dorset. 



CoytiSCTicw— Vice President, 'E. H.Hyde, Stafford, 

 Trustees, 8. M. Wills, Wethersfleld ; B. Sumner, 

 Woodstock; Burdett Loomis, Windsor Locks; H, 8. 

 Collins, CoUinsville ; G. C Hitchcock, New Preston; 

 Samuel C. Colt, Hartford; H. L. Stewart, Middle Had- 

 dam; T. 8, Gold, West Cornwall; Jonathan Camp, 

 Norwalk. 



It was voted to substitute the word "Trus- 

 tees" instead of "Managers," wherever the 

 latter word occurs in the Constitution. 



The Treasurer's report was then read. It 

 was very brief — only a few lines. He re- 

 ported cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1869, $192.48; 

 received from all sources, $1250.21 — total, 

 $1412.09. Expenditures, $224; balance on 

 hand $1118.69. There are some unsettled 

 premiums, among them one of $200 on horse 

 trotting, to be paid, and a few smaller sums. 

 The report was accepted. 



It was voted that applications for locating 

 the next Fair of the New England Agricul- 

 tural Society should be made to officers of 

 the Society previous to March 1. 



Butter from Milk of Different Cows.— 

 The question whether the cream from the milk of 

 one cow changes to butter more easily than that 

 from the milk of others, was recently asked by a 

 correspondent of the New York Farmers' Club. 

 In reply it was said that it was undobutedly so, 

 and that the milk of some cows was unsuited to 

 produce butter, or even to fatten a calf, and re- 

 quired much churning to obtain what little butter 



