352 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



when people were so ready to receive and consider the facts 

 which lie at the foundation of success, or so ready to appre- 

 ciate the results of scientific investigation. 



If the officers of every society would enter heartily and 

 earnestly upon the work of improvement, with a feeling that 

 they have a mission to perform, and that a personal responsi- 

 bility rests upon them to extend the beneficent influence of 

 their organization all over their territory, the time would 

 soon come when they would see the results of their labors, 

 not only in a growing enthusiasm for agricultural pursuits, 

 but in increased production, enterprise, and prosperity. 



Charles L. Flint, 

 Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, January, 1878. 



