774 MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



the true principle of a division of labor. One may investi- 

 gate, and the results become the property of all. The rock on 

 which our fellow split, may be shunned by us. To the breeze 

 which filled his sails, we may spread our canvas. If we fail 

 where he succeeded, it stimulates the mind to a closer exami- 

 nation, to detect the causes which produced a difference in re- 

 sults. If, for instance, in a discussion upon ploughing, a 

 member advocates a new system, and in time brings among 

 us a new kind of plough fitted for the work he advocates, 

 how carefully we watch the progress of his work, and the re- 

 sult as shown in his crops. If he is successful, we follow his 

 example. If he fails, we laugh at him for what we should 

 hank him, and then steer clear of the rock on which he struck. 



