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Mr. Day. One word, if you please. I have been connected 

 with the Connecticut Board of Agriculture for a longer con- 

 secutive period, perhaps, than any other member. I com- 

 menced when our numbers were small, and but few knew 

 what the Connecticut Board of Agriculture meant. I have 

 seen its meetings begin from the smallest beginnings, and 

 rise to their present large numbers. It was my pleasure to 

 attend the meeting at Newtown, where I saw a congregation 

 of men of which I was proud ; I was proud to be called a citi- 

 zen with them. Individually, I came to Rockville a stranger 

 to almost every person here. I go away feeling that I am a 

 friend to them, that they are friends to me, that we are broth- 

 ers. And when I contemplate the strong hold that the Board 

 of Agriculture is gaining, more and more, upon the people of 

 the State, and the increasing interest that is excited by its 

 meetings, I am sure that there is hope, and the strongest 

 hope that the young men who have been wanting to leave the 

 farm will conclude to stay. 



I do not wish to extend my remarks, for the reason that we 

 have with us another distinguished gentleman, from whom I 

 know you will be glad to hear — one of the progressive farm- 

 ers of the State of Massachusetts ; a gentleman who cultivates 

 one of the finest farms, and has the finest herd of Jerseys in 

 the Old Bay State, and who, as I have said, is a progressive, 

 working farmer, — the Hon. 0. B. Hadwen. 



ADDRESS OF HON. 0. B. HADWEN. 



Me. President, Gentlemen of the Board of Agriculture, 

 AND Brother Farmers: — I feel a little embarrassed in rising here, 

 after the complimentary remarks of one of your distinguished 

 members. I had thought of saying a few words only to encour- 

 age agriculture. 



When I was a young man, I did not leave the farm for the city, 

 but I left the city for the farm, and that has been my pursuit all 

 my life, from an early age ; and yet I confess that 1 am still a stu- 

 dent, and ever expect to be. Notwithstanding all the disadvant- 

 ages under which farmers labor, whether young or old, I have seen 

 great progress within the last several years, and I attribute this 



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