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work in a given time, and so in any item of his farm he will 

 push his investigations outward, and enterprise and thrift will 

 mark all his actions, and generally the farmer will be more suc- 

 cessful, just as the manufacturer or merchant is more successful 

 who knows exactly every day just how his account stands with 

 the world. 



We are not called upon, neither have we attempted to give a 

 definite, detailed plan how the farmer should keep his accounts ; 

 but we have aimed in what we have said to throw out some 

 hints, which if followed would, we think, prove the value of a 

 " Regular System of Farm Accounts," because it would neces- 

 sitate order ^ method and system in all that pertains to the man- 

 aging of a farm. 



Chas. C. Bassett, /or the Committee. 



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The Report was read and laid over under the rule, when the 

 Board adjourned. 



Third Day. 



The Board met at ten o'clock, A. M., Hon. Albert Fearing 

 in the chair. 



Present: Messrs. Agassiz, Allis, Baker, Birnie, Boise, Brad- 

 ford, Brown, Bucklin, Clark, Converse, Davis, Durfee, Ellsworth, 

 Fay, Fearing, Goodman, Hubl)ard, Hyde, Johnson, Knowlton, 

 Ladd, Loring, Moore, Peck, Phiuney, Saltonstall, Slade, Stone, 

 Stock bridge and Ward. 



Mr. Bradford, Committee on Credentials, submitted the fol- 

 lowing 



REPORT: 



The Committee to examine the credentials of new members 

 would report that the following gentlemen have been elected, 

 viz. : — 



Leverett Saltonstall, 

 Jonathan Ladd, 

 Farwell F. Fay, 

 Newton S. Hubbard, 

 Ends W. Boise, 

 Thomas L. Allis, . 

 Levi Stockbridge, . 



By the Massachusetts Society. 

 Middlesex North. 

 Worcester North- West. 

 Worcester South. 

 Union. 

 Franklin. 

 Hampshire. 



