294 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The more harmoniously the difTerent trades and occupations 

 in life work together, the greater the success that will attend 

 them, and the more clearly can be seen the relation that exists 

 between them. The producer must have the consumer, and 

 between these two great classes the merchant must stand to carry 

 on the traffic. 



The fifty-two thousand bales of cotton consumed annually in 

 our city, the product of the Southern planters, after passing 

 through the channels of trade, are here wrought into a belt of 

 cloth sufficient in length to encircle this earth two and one-half 

 times. Then these combined threads must receive the impress 

 to meet the taste and fashions of the day, and in these wonder- 

 ful processes all trades and occupations are engaged and share 

 a part. 



These two great branches of industry come together and 

 operate in unison in the great number of labor-saving machines 

 presented us. Here the manufacturer renders important aid to 

 the farmer. 



By the employment of these machines how truly are the 

 heavy burdens of the farmer alleviated ; what was once hard 

 toil now becomes a sport and pleasure. As it regards our hay 

 crop, we could not dispense with the mowing-machine, the horse- 

 rake and the tedder ; they are performing an essential part in 

 the gathering in of this important and remunerative crop of 

 New England. One man, with an improved mowing-machine 

 and a pair of good horses, can perform the work of many. 

 And not less important is the tedder, which, by its grasshopper 

 movement, is accomplishing more perfectly, by the aid of a 

 single boy, the work of many men ; and this, too, in a shorter 

 period of time. 



These two great pursuits of life are twining around and em- 

 bracing each other, so that it is often difficult to decide to which 

 department they belong. 



This subject, so full of instruction, might be pursued to an 

 interminable length ; but we close with this sentiment : Agri- 

 culture and manufacturing intimately connected ; the prosperity 

 of the one is the prosperity of the other. 



Nathan Durfee. 



