134 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



nent fund thirty-five hundred and ninety-seven -^-^^ dollars, 

 this being the same sum as reported in 1856. 



This society has wedded to its interests J. "W. Boy den, who, 

 having ably served as the secretary of the society since the day 

 of its organization, is willingly accepted by your delegate as 

 sponsor for its increasing prosperity and usefulness. 



The officers of the society have won the esteem and confi- 

 dence of a majority of the inhabitants of the county by inviting 

 annual addresses to be made before them by the most distin- 

 guished writers upon the subject of agriculture, and by hus- 

 banding innumerable facts bearing upon their cause, which were 

 garnered up in the minds of the many scientific men who have 

 their liomes with them. 



These valuable contributions have been published by the 

 society for gratuitous distribution througliout the country. 

 The facts thus widely disseminated have made room for them- 

 selves by crowding out from many minds traditional notions, 

 and impelling men to place themselves in a position to reap their 

 harvests through the Avorking of natural laws, and not as by 

 miracles, so long after the day of miracles has gone by. Reports 

 made to the society on — 



Farms, Farm Accojtnts, Farming Implements. — Prof. Nash, Charles 

 H. Field, T. P. Huntington, Prof. Snell, and Rev. John Sanford. 



Ploughing, Subsoil Ploughing, Manures, Crops. — Pres't Hitchcock, 

 Dr. Rice, S. C. Wilder, Prof. Nash, Samuel Powers. 



Reclaimed Meadoiv Land, Reclaiming Pasture Lands. — Prof. Fowler, 

 Hon. Joseph Smith. 



Fruit, Orchards, Forest Trees. — Doct. Rice, L. Wetherell, P. Latlu'op, 

 Prof. Clark, and W. P. Dickinson. 



Horses. — Levi Stockbridge. 



Dairy Stock. — T. P. Huntington. 



Oxen. — Levi P. "Warner. 



Fat Cattle.— Z. C. Montague, A. B, 

 • Sheep. — John M. Emerson, A. M. 



Swine. — 



Bread. — J. W. Boyden. Cheese. — T. G. Huntington. 



Butter. — John C. Carter. Honey. — Rev. J. E. Fisher and Reverdy 

 Emerson. 



Addresses, Sfc, by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Prof, Fowler, Rev. W. 

 Clift, F. D. Huntington, D. D., Leander Wetherell, C. L. Flint, Hon. 

 N. P. Banks, Hon. A. H. Bullock. 



