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proper share of encouragement at our annual gatherings. To 

 what docs the farmer owe his present high standing more than 

 to his mechanical implements ? Show us a man's tools and we 

 will tell you what kind of a worliman he is. To bring these 

 tools to their present state of perfection has cost the mechanic 

 a very great expense of time and money. It is not uncommon 

 for an inventor to give several years of patient thought and 

 study to bring about a single improvement, which, when made, 

 seems so simple that the world exclaims, " Why was it not 

 thought of before?" But being made, its value to the com- 

 munity cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. Give proper 

 encouragement to the poor inventor — and may it not be ex- 

 pected that the coming generation will witness improvements 



far surpassing those of the present ? 



J. Adams, 



Commillee on Mechanic Arts. 



HODSATONIC. 



From the Pteport of the Committee. 



The improvements and inventions of the past century have 

 been such that in many cases man's power to accomplish has 

 been increased from five to one thousand fold. The various 

 improvements of machinery, and the application of steam, 

 water, horse, and other powers, to accomplish what was for- 

 merly performed by man's muscle alone, give man an oppor- 

 tunity to see, hear and reflect, and to bestow care and attention 

 upon his wants, which adds greatly to his happiness and pecu- 

 niary condition. Perhaps in no trade, occupation or profession 

 is there so much toil for the pay received as with the farmer, 

 and he waits long and with great patience for the returns of 

 his labor. But those returns are measurably sure ; and as he 

 reaches his hand down into the earth for an honest livius: 

 he feels that he has prejudiced no man's just rights. And the 

 farmer, having toiled long and hard for what he gets, knows 

 the value of what he has. 



Perhaps there is no class so slow to make themselves familiar 

 with and adopt those improvements which will lessen their 

 labors, as farmers. But it is only by inventing and adopting 

 every means which will add to the efficiency of man's labor 

 tliat the farmer can keep pace with the progressive age and 



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