3(3 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



lawyer practicing only upon decisions of his own court and content- 

 ing himself with, what is now called, the dirty work of his profes- 

 sion ; the physician unheeding all ancient and modern discovei'ies of 

 his science and practicing upon the prescriptions of his sire. And 

 this picture resolved itself into a series of dissolving views repre- 

 senting listless men at slovenly work upon badly proportioned, ill 

 desi'med structures of all sorts and kinds : useless fabrics in unsale- 

 able heaps with a confused medley of charlatans, quacks, pettifog- 

 gers and pulpit politicians. And then from these depressing views, 

 the minds of your committee, acting and reacting upon each others 

 thoughts, came back to the real life of today and observed and re- 

 flected upon the position in society which these lawyers, doctors, 

 ministers, merchants, manufacturers and mechanics really do hold, 

 'and it seemed to be very clear that their success was owing to their 

 constant and undivided attention to their business ; to their true, faith 

 in it, and towards it ; to their instantly seizing upon every means 

 and appliance to onward progress; to their determination to fathom 

 and put in requisition every resource within their reach. And re- 

 . fleeting still that the very existence of these lofty lords of society 

 depends entirely upon these lowly tillers of the earth, with all the 

 want of earnest undivided attention which the farmers of today yield 

 to their avocation — the grandest art and profession of all, because 

 the most important of all. Your committee feel impelled to urge upon 

 those who, by farming, now accomplish so much and labor so little, 

 to apply all their mental and physical energies to conducting the 

 business of their farms ; they should not only have a theoretical but 

 a practical knowledge of the best modes of raising and feeding live 

 stock, making and applying manure, draining and tilling the ground, 

 and of the plants best adapted to the different kinds of soil, and 

 they should give close, earnest, zealous personal attention to their 

 business ; and acquiring faith in their own peculiar occupation show 

 faith in woi'ks, and so make their own success and consequent pro- 

 motion sure. 



John F. Anderson, ) 



E. L Hammond, > Committee. 



E. B. Stackpole, ) 



This report elicited a somewhat animated discussion. The secre- 

 tary remarked, that for some years past he had seen and conversed 



