ADDRESS 



OF HON. HENRY WAGER, PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY. 

 [Delivered at the Annual Meeting, February 10, 1853.] 



To the officers mid Members of the JVew- York State Agricultural 



Society : 



Gentlemen — I enclose herewith some remarks which I had pre- 

 pared as the basis of an agricultural address, at the close of my 

 official term of service. While engaged on a committee of the 

 Society, as a delegate to the Annual Show of the Eastern shore of 

 Maryland, I contracted a severe cold, which has made me an 

 invalid, and has constrained me, under the advice of my physi- 

 cian, to seek a change of climate, in hopes that my health may 

 be restored. 



It was my most ardent desire to have been present at your 

 Annual Meeting, but Providence has ordered otherwise. Had I 

 time and strength to review what I have written, I might have 

 enlarged upon some topics, and have abridged others. You must, 

 however, under the circumstances, receive it as it is. I ask only, 

 that you give me credit for a deep and abiding interest in your 

 welfare, and in the continued success and prosperity of youj* 

 Society, in wiiich I have ever felt a deep interest. 



Wherever I shall sojourn, my memory will dwell upon the 

 many interesting scenes of the past, and though absent from you ' 

 at your annual meeting, I shall be present with you in spirit. 



Be pleaded to accept my warmest and most heartfelt desires for 

 the prosperity of the Society, and my highest regard for its mem- 



