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And wlicncver tlie mind' is applied to tins subject, witli tliat 

 energy wliicli the subject demands, the hands will execute the 

 design. And then, and not till then, will the science of agricul- 

 ture keep pace with her sister sciences. But it will be said hj 

 many that this operation is attended with too much trouble; 

 that the charge is worth more than the game. It is not such 

 minds that we would address with the hope of success ; but to 

 the young farmer, who has or is about to engage in this employ- 

 ment, we can present no surer method to positive results and 

 success, than to keep the memorandum of his daily operations 

 well posted up. The time has come, and now is, for the friends 

 of agriculture to make some demonstration, of a more elevated 

 system of practice, and this can never be accomplished until 

 the mind is made to cooperate with the hands. The materials 

 are presented at every step ; in every operation upon the farm 

 there is something that offers a subject for investigation. 



In presenting this subject, your committee are not insensible 

 that they have assumed a broader range of remark than a 

 mere presentation of their action (upon the duties referred) 

 would seem, to demand; but the importance of the subject has 

 been deeply impressed upon our minds at every step of our 

 progress in the pursuit of these duties. The great difficulty of 

 obtaining the statistics of the farm, from those immediately 

 interested, is the most convincing evidence that the subject has 

 not received the attention which its importance demands, and wc 

 cannot forbear once more to solicit the careful consideration of 

 every farmer to the subject. And were we permitted to offer 

 one suggestion by way of counsel, we would repeat the advice 

 of Ex-Governor Steele at our anniversary dinner table, " Plough 

 deep — plough deep !" and we would add : let the soil represent 

 the mind, and then plough as deep as you please, stir up the 

 subsoil, and bring out the resources that have too long been 

 hidden from the surface. In this way only can wc improve the. 

 mind and the soil. 



In presenting the statements furnished by the individuals 

 competing for the premiums, we have but few remarks to 

 accompany them. Such instances of successful enterprise are 

 to us like some interesting volume in which we meet with so 

 many absorbing recitals that wc are turning down a leaf, or 



