ADVERTISEMENT. Vll 



The present volume contains large selections from the addresses 

 delivered at the anniversaries of the various societies, with the valua- 

 ble address of Professor Shephard, at Springfield and Northampton, 

 entire. It has been found impracticable to obtain the addresses before 

 the Bristol and Barnstable Societies. This portion of the transactions 

 of the societies, will not be regarded as the least valuable part of the 

 volume. Many points are touched and examined, of vital importance 

 to the farmer. The subject of an agricultural school, now attracting 

 extensively the attention of the community, is amply and ably dis- 

 cussed, and will afford essential aid in maturing correct opinions on 

 so important a point of public policy. Herein is evinced the grati- 

 fying progress, which is now making in the advancement of agricul- 

 tural science to its true position in an enlightened community. 



Secretary's Office, ) 

 March 24, 1848. } 



