36 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



One would hardly know how to get along without the 

 other. 



The poem that Mr. Hall recited here was written by Mr. 

 Whittier especially for our Amesbury Agricultural Society. 

 I see in comino- to Westfield that we come to a strono; 

 grange territory. It seems to me that the work of the agri- 

 cultural societies and of the grange should be more largely 

 carried on together. We are working for the same cause, 

 — the promotion of agriculture and the education of the 

 farmer, — though on slightly different lines. 



We are gathered here to-day from all or nearly all sec- 

 tions of our State ; and I know I am expressing the feeling 

 of the grangers in the section of the State where I live, 

 when I bring a cordial greeting to those in this part of the 

 State. Good fellowship in the grange will always be well 

 recognized and supported. 



The Chair. We will now listen to an essay by Repre- 

 sentative Merrick A. Morse of Belchertown, on " The gypsy 

 moth in the Legislature." 



