ADDRESS fZjP^^ 



OF 



THOMAS GOLD, ESQ. 



Pre,-iiclcnt of the Berkshire Agricultural Society, 



ASr MEMBER OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY 



FOR PROMOTIJVG AGRIQULTURE, 



DELITERED BEFORE THE 



BERKSHIRE ASSOCIATION, 



FOn THE 



PEOMOTIOJV OF AGRICULTURE AJVD MAJVUFACTURES, 

 AT PITTSFIELD, OCT. 2d, 1817. 



" Tlie sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold : therefore 



shall he beg in Harvest, and have nothing." 

 " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well 



to thy herds." PaovEiiBS. 



" Pater ipse colendi, 



Ha-id lacileni esse viam roluit, primusque per ai-tem 

 Movit agroS; curis acuens, mortalia corda," Vihs. Geo. Lib. 1. 





FITTSFIELD : 

 PSJJJTEP BY PIUNEHAS ALLEN. 



