134 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



1. That it docs not now pay as it ought to, and as liberally 

 as other occupations. 



2. Why it does not pay. 



3. How it can be made to pay. 



Under these general divisions, Mr. King went into details 

 of importance and interest to every farmer. He thought 

 that those engaged in other occupations, had generally brought 

 more mind to bear upon them, and conducted their affairs more 

 systematically and certainly. Men were reluctant to acknowl- 

 edge science to be an application of the mind to their business. 

 He spoke of the maximum, minimum, and average crops of the 

 State of Rhode Island ; carrots had a range of from one thou- 

 sand to seventy-five bushels per acre, while the average was 

 four hundred bushels ; onions, from six hundred to fifty, with 

 an average of three hundred ; corn, forty ; rye, forty to three, 

 average twelve and a half; hay, three tons to half a ton 

 per acre, with an average of one ton. The Address was prac- 

 tical and earnest, and was listened to with close attention by 

 a large audience. 



After tlie Address, a most interesting report was read by Rev. 

 M. E. White, of Southampton, on Domestic Manufactures. 



At the dinner table, Mr. Lathrop, the president, introduced 

 the company to each other in general terms, spoke of the 

 pleasures of the farmers' festival, of the gratification and 

 honor he felt in being the president of such an association, and 

 then introduced the secretary, W. 0. Gorham, Esq., who spoke 

 of the value and moral effect of these gatherings, in the most 

 brilliant and beautiful terms. 



Intermingled with the reports of the society, were short 

 speeches, from several persons. Your secretary was present, 

 and spoke earnestly and eloquently of the importance of the 

 occupation, to us all, and of the high satisfaction he felt in wit- 

 nessing such a degree of perfection and prosperity in the 

 society. 



Your delegate spoke to them briefly, of the beautiful town 

 where they had assembled — of their mountain scenery, sweep- 

 ing meadows, and natural fertility of the soil. He also alluded 

 to some of the popular errors of the day, in relation to farm- 

 ing, such as : — 



