Vice-Presidents, and Chairmen of the three Standing 

 Committees, which Board shall have the charge and_ 

 general management of the property and business of 

 the Club, subject, however, to the order and direct- 

 ion thereof 



Art. IV. All the officers shall be chosen by ballot at 

 the annual meeting of the Club, which shall be hold- 

 en on the first Wednesday in August in each year, at 

 such time and place as the Directors shall order. 



Abt. V. All special meetings of the Club shall be 

 called by the Recording Secretary, on the requisition 

 of a majorirv of the Directors, or of any five mem- 

 bers, made in writing therefor, and notice thereof— 

 as well as of all resular meetings— shall be published 

 in one or more of the newspapers printed in Nonh- 

 ampton. two days at least before such meeting. 



Art. VI. Any person may become a life member of 

 the Club by the payment of fiiteen dollars into the 

 Treasury at any one time. 



Akt. VII. This Constitution may he altered or 

 amended by the votes of two-thii-ds of the members 

 present at any regular meeting, provided the same 

 shall have been proposed in writing at a previous 

 regular meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. Each member shall pay annually into the treasury 

 the sum of one dollar. Any member who shall fail 

 to pay his annual assessment, or any fines or forfeit- 

 ures on books taken from the Library, for the space 

 of ninety days after the annual meeting shall then 

 cease to be a member of the Club, and forfeit all his 

 rights and privileges as such, and to the Ubrary and 

 other property belonging to the same. 



2. All books, save "such as the Board of Directors 

 except, may be taken from the Library by the mem- 

 bers on Saturday of each week. No book shall be 



detained from the Library longer than ten days, un- 

 der a penalty of five cents for each day it is so de- 

 tained, and any member lending a book liolonging to 

 the Club shall pay as a penalty the sum of one'dollar 

 for each week such book shall be so loaned. 



3. .A.ny member who may lose a book belonging to 

 the Library shall pay the value of the volume or set, 

 as assessed by the Librarian. 



4. It shall "be the duty of every member of the 

 Club annually to plant at least one tree for fruit or 

 shade. 



5. The Treasurer shall give bonds to the accept- 

 ance of the Directors. 



6. No money shall be paid by the Treasurer, un- 

 less upon a written order of a majority of the Direc- 

 tors. 



7. A record of payment of subscription shall be the 

 evidence of proprietorship for the yeai" it is so paid. 



8. The Treasurer at each annual meeting, and so 

 often as he may be required, shall render an account 

 of all receipts and disbursements of the Club for the 

 year then past. 



9. The Recording Secretary shall keep the records 

 of the meetings, and at each annual meeting repon a 

 list of the members of the Club, and also of those who 

 mey have forfeited their rights as members. 



10. The Librarian shall keep a catalogiae of all ih^ 

 books in the Librai-y, and assess all fines for loss, 

 damage, or detention of any book therein : also keep 

 an account of all books loaned to members. 



11. The Club shall hold monthly meetings for the 

 purpose of hearing addresses, discussing qxiesrions, 

 and receiving reports on the several subjects embra- 

 ced by the Club. 



12. No alteration shall be made in any By-Law, ex- 

 cept at one of the regular meetings, written notice 

 having been given at a previous regular meeting. 



AGRICULTURAL PREMIUMS : 



PROPER OBJECTS TO BE PROMOTED BY AWARDING THEM. 



The season, we suppose, may be said to be 

 closed for Agricultural Exhibitions and Ad- 

 dresses ; and it may be safely affirmed, tbat 

 they have been g-enerally attended with una- 

 bated mterest and animation. There is abundant 

 evidence that the right spirit is abroad — that the 

 Agricultural commtinity is fully sensible tliat 

 theirs, too. is a business that is in progress, and 

 susceptible of being meliorated and advanced, 

 by that spirit of investigation and discovery 

 which characterizes the age, and under the in- 

 fluence of which all other branches of science 

 and of industry are marching onwards to higher 

 and higher degrees of efficiency and success. 

 The Addresses which have been delivered have 

 been, in many cases, at once more scientific 

 and more practical — more indicative of a con- 

 viction on the part of their authors and the pub- 

 lic, that hereafter Agriculture is to be looked 

 to as an intellectual, and, in that sense, a polite 

 and honorable vocation. Let that sentiment be 

 followed up and encouraged ; let the premiums 

 offered, and all the measures taken by Agricul- 

 tural Institutes and Associations, have a tenden- 

 cy more and more to prompt investigation of the 

 —principles and labor-saving improvements in the 

 ((il2' 



machinery and implements of Husbandry, so as 

 to secure the most skillful combination of the ma- 

 terials for making manure, a better understand- 

 ing of the time and manner of applying it ; to se- 

 cure more elficiencj' to labor bj- a better construc- 

 tion ofthe artificial contrivances for tilling the soil 

 and hai^esting its products. In a word, the de- 

 sideratum is to obtain the greatest profit from 

 the means at the command of the Fanner ; and 

 this should be the result, not of chance or em- 

 piricism, but of a system, the rea.soning and 

 principles of ^vhich should be weD understood. 

 Seeing that, as we before said, the spirit of im- 

 provement is abroad, the true object of all as- 

 sociated effort should be to enlighten it. and 

 to give it a proper direction : ajid here, we re- 

 spectfully think, great mistakes are sometimes 

 committed : an undue and improper estimate is 

 placed on objects which need no encourage- 

 ment, and are, sometimes, even unworthy of it ; 

 while others, less attractive and showy, are dis- 

 regarded and overlooked. It too often happens 

 that success in the competition to which these 

 premiums invite, cannot be the fruit either of 

 genius or industry on the part of the winner of 

 the premium, or conducive in any wa\- to the 



