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lias scarcely been allowed to shine. No ! A refined mind and 

 a noble generous heart, are often accompanied by a hard hand 

 and a sun-burnt brow. 



Bat I must pas3 on to speak of this Society in its several de- 

 partments. 



The name — Agricultural Society — may seem to indicate an 

 exclusiveness, as though the Society was organized for the agri- 

 culturalist alone, to the exclusion of others. But in looking 

 over the exhibition, we find that notwithstanding the tiller of 

 the soil as well as his occupation, have been honored by giving 

 the name to the Society, yet the term has a most extensive ap- 

 plication. The farmer exhibits his grain, his corn, his potatoes 

 and the other productions of the soil ; also his horse ■, his cattle, 

 his sheep, and other animals. Accompanying him the horticul- 

 turist shows the products of his orchard and garden. These two 

 may be classed together ; and this department, for the sake of 

 distinction, we will call the department of natural productions. 

 Then here are the mechanic and the artist, who present us with 

 almost every article of utility that artistic skill can invent and 

 construct ; and this we call the department of art. And last but 

 not least, comes the department of beauty. Here, the ladies 

 show us the work of their hands, among which are things cu- 

 rious, ornamental, and useful, and surpassed in beauty only by 

 those who exhibit them. 



Of each of these departments I will briefly speak in order. 



We are all in the pursuit of happiness. "We all wish to live 

 so as to enjoy life. Now, in order to obtain this end, in speak- 

 ing of the farmer, I would say he wants two things — first to get 

 a comfortable living, and then to live comfortably ; and the 

 question for him is, how can he secure these objects ? I propose 

 giving a few hints, that shall go toward answering this question. 



Some one has given us this proverbial injunction — " What 

 you do, do well ; " and to no business is this maxim more appli- 

 cable than to farming. We are apt to grasp more than we can 

 span — to measure in imagination more than the measuring reed 

 of experiment will reach, and in attempting to cultivate a broad- 

 er field than we are able, we allow weeds to spring up and take 



