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not only of your beautiful village, but of the interest and 

 intelligence manifested by those present. When the invita- 

 tion came from your honored secretary asking me to come 

 here and speak to you upon this question I felt a double 

 incentive to accept. In the first place, the desire has grown 

 with years to assist, if I could, in the solution "of some of 

 these vexed problems with which our New England farmers 

 have to deal, and experience has strengthened the faith that 

 through the scale of points we are to reach their solution, 

 and then there was the other thought that I was sure of a 

 heartfelt and cordial welcome upon my second visit, and 

 therefore I at once accepted the invitation. 



Since I was here, continuing my study of the horse prob- 

 lem, meeting as we have during the past year an increased 

 depression in that class of stock, looking all the while for 

 the animal which should meet the demand of the market and 

 give us what will be wanted, I began the preparation of a 

 lecture to be used during the coming winter, the illustra- 

 tions for which you see upon the platform. Here are some 

 French Coach horses. I sent a photographer to the breed- 

 ing establishment in Maine of Mr. J. S. Sanborn of Boston, 

 a few weeks ago, without Mr. Sanborn's knowledge or with- 

 out the knowledge of the superintendent, and had these 

 views taken. These horses were photographed just as they 

 came from the stable and pastures, without any preparation, 

 without any special feeding, and these enlarged solar prints 

 are exact reproductions of the horse Gemare, which stands 

 at the head of that breeding establishment, a native l^rood 

 mare, and five of his colts. I brought these because there 

 was some doubt as to whether we should be able to have an 

 animal upon the platform this afternoon ; also to show a 

 type of road horses bred in Maine to-day. 



