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an appeal for improvement. " Cherish, then," he said, " arbori- 

 culture and horticulture, each cultivator resolving to improve, 

 and storing his mind with the scientific studies of the learned, 

 the experience of the experimentalist, and above all with the 

 results of his own practical observations." 



Dr. E G. Kclley spoke at Newburjport, October 1, 1857, 

 stating, with propriety, that " the society and its exliibition 

 might well be called industrial." His essay on Society con- 

 tained many valuable hints. " By early marriage," said he, 

 " the chances are that a greater number, in the aggregate, enter 

 this state tlian otherwise would. If deferred, disappointments 

 of various kinds may finally prevent it." And he says, more- 

 over, " The first and great motive to be urged upon the owner 

 of the farm-house is to secure thereto the attachment of his 

 children." 



Dr. George B. Loring delivered the annual address at Dan- 

 vers, September 30, 1858. He spoke of the importance of agri- 

 cultural societies, and of the value of practical knowledge. He 

 said, "The best professor of agricultural chemistry is he who 

 comes embrowned from the compost heap, which by judicious 

 application has forced a hundred bushels of corn from each of 

 his well-cultivated acres. The best teacher of the art of tilling 

 the soil is he who has by long experience become acquainted 

 with the habits of plants, from their tenderest infancy to the 

 ripened harvest." 



J. J. H. Gregory, Esq., addressed the society at Danvers, 

 September 30, 1859. He said, " My principal object on this 

 occasion is to draw your attention to the importance of correct 

 observation and thorough experiment to the farmer, witli refer- 

 ence to the elevation of his nature and the improvement of his 

 calling." 



Rev. John L. Russell was the speaker at the annual exhibition 

 at South Danvers, September 2(3, 1860. Dealing with agricul- 

 ture as an art, he said, " But no art can successfully be pursued 

 Avithout a science to aid and assist, to prompt the labor and to 

 point out the course." 



Hon. Alfred A. Abbott was the orator of the society at South 

 Danvers, September 25, 1861. He recommended strongly the 

 careful keeping of farm accounts, and eulogized agricultural 

 education. He said, " In the next place, and of equal, and 



