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tific purposes, and by their own personal labor and observation 

 are able to decide with certainty what advantages may be ex- 

 pected from new modes of culture, new implements in husbandry, 

 and new articles of produce. 



As fair illustrations of this remark, 1 refer to 



Moses Newell, of West Newbury. 



Putnam Perley, of Newbury. 



Jacob Osgood, of Andover. 



Stephen Barker, of Andover. 



Richard Stewart, of Haverhill. 



Jesse Putnam, of Danvers. 



Daniel Putnam, of Danvers. 



Erastus Ware, of Salem. 

 The experiments made by such men, with the manner of ope- 

 rations and the success attending them, through the medium of 

 your Society are spread before the community. Thus enabling 

 those who cannot venture upon experiment themselves, to ascer- 

 tain whether they can with safety and advantage introduce any 

 change in their agricultural operations, and if they adopt new 

 methods, to go on with them with almost the same readiness 

 as though they had been trained to them from early life. 



In these illustrations of what I wished to state I have purposely 

 referred to persons living in various parts of the county. Many 

 others might with equal, and perhaps in some instances with 

 greater propriety, have been mentioned. I hope those whom 

 I have referred to will excuse the liberty I take to introduce their 

 names in this connexion. 



In addition to these advantages, the doings of this Society 

 have a tendency to remove some of the greatest hindrances 

 which lie in the way of agricultural improvement. 

 You will permit me to mention some of these. 

 The first to which I will refer is an unsettled state of mind. 

 This may be more common and operative with other classes 

 than with agriculturalists ; but it prevails to a most hurtful de- 

 gree with them. The feelings of many are so unsettled that 

 they may truly be said to be ever on the wing, though during 

 life they never in reality move out of their place. This state of 

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