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money is worth at least five times more there than in Massa- 

 chusetts, while the farm is already admirably equipped in 

 every particular, we need not be surprised that the results 

 are entirely satisfactory to all parties. The president and 

 three of the professors of this college are graduates of ^ the 

 institution which owes its foundation and much of its pros- 

 perity to the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, and we 

 may properly congratulate ourselves, that, however little we 

 may be appreciated at home, our honest and zealous efforts 

 for the advancement of scientific agriculture are receiving a 

 most gratifying acknowledgment, and producing abundant 

 and most precious fruits, in the romantic land of Dai Nippon. 



Adjourned to Wednesday at ten o'clock. 



SECOND DAY. 



The Board met at ten o'clock, Capt. John" B. Mooee of 

 Concord in the chair. 



The Chairman. Let me say, before I introduce Mr. 

 Paul to you, that he is a working, practical farmer. What 

 he tells you, you can rely upon : there is no nonsense about 

 it. Now, gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you Mr. Paul 

 of Dighton. 



MT FAEiUNG EXPEEIEXCE. 



BY ALFKED W. PAUL. 



Until vtdthin a few years, bright and promising boys in the 

 family were educated for the professions and other occupa- 

 tions, while the dull and unintelligent were deemed entirely 

 competent to perform the varied duties of husbandry ; but 

 that view has passed away, and ignorance is not now consid- 

 ered a recommendation, nor stupidity a guaranty of success, 

 in farming any more than in other kinds of business. At 

 the present time the most intelligent and skilful even do 

 not attempt to master the whole of agriculture, but devote 

 their energies to a few of its branches. 



To the practical farmer, problems are being constantly 

 presented, and upon their solution depends his success or 



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