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fertilizers, with that of barn yard manure so that farmers could 

 judo^e what advantage if anyis to be derived from the use of such 

 fertilizers over that of barn yard manure at the present prices of 

 "each. 



BENJAMIN ?. WARE, for the Committee. 



JOHN W. PROCTOR. 



At a meeting of the Trustees of the Essex Agricultural Soci- 

 ety at Dan vers, June 2d, Hon. George B. Loring introduced 

 with the following remarks, resolutions on the death of Hon. 

 John W. Proctor, which were unanimously adopted. 



"Before proceeding to the business of this meeting I desire to 

 call the attention of the Trustees of the Essex Agricultural 

 Society to the departure of one of the oldest and for many years 

 most influential members of their body, who since we met has 

 left his work in this world. I refer as you have all undoubtedly 

 anticipated, to the death of the Hon. John W. Proctor. Mr. 

 Proctor was one of the founders of our Society. He was inti- 

 mate with and a great admirer of Timothy Pickering ; and when 

 that remarkable man organized this association, it was Mr. 

 Procter then comparatively young who joined most heartily in 

 the enterprise. For many years he performed the services of 

 Secretary, was long time President, and was during a large por- 

 tion of his life one of our most useful and efficient members. He 

 had a natural love of agriculture to which occupation he was 

 born; and he never forgot their tastes, nor that experience which he 

 acquired while yet a boy on his father's farm. His opinions on 

 agricultural matters were well founded and decided, and he had 



