ADDRESS f^M^ 





THOMAS GOLD, ESQ. 



President of the Berkshire Jgricultural Society, 



AXD MEMBEB OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY 



FOR PROMOTING AGRIQULTURE, 



DELITERED BEFORE THE 



BERKSHIRE ASSOCIATION, 



roa THE 



PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES, 



AT PITTSFIELD, OCT. 2d, 1817. 



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



shall he beg in Harvest, and have notliing." 

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



to thy herds." Proveiids. 



" Pater ipse colendi, 



Hfl'id faci!eni esse viam roluit, primusque per ai-tem 

 ^lovit agros, curis acuens, mortalia corda," Virs. Geo. Lib. 1. 







PITTSFIELD : 

 PRIKTEP BY PIIINEBAS ALLEN, 



