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fied with their labors in the field and their results. Of all crops 

 there has been a fair yield, and prices have ruled high. The farm- 

 ers of Maine were probably never so prosperous as now ; and were 

 never before so easy in their circumstances, and so comfortably 

 situated. The high price of labor and the scarcity of help, have 

 been the only drawbacks ; and these have not seriously circum- 

 scribed their agricultural operations or diminished their profits. Let 

 us hope that to prosperity will soon be added peace — lasting and 

 sure — leaving us in the quiet pursuit of our honorable calling, with 

 no baleful shadow across our path, and no disturbing anxiety for 

 the security of our beloved institutions, or the safety of friends on 

 the field of battle. 



D. E. Wing, Secretary. 



