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and in the fall of the year the tree may he transplanted to the 

 place where you wish it to stand. Let it have a southern 

 aspect, at the south side of the house or barn, or on the south 

 side of a hill, and it will for several years produce fruit abundant- 

 ly, which will amply repay all your labour and trouble. When 

 it decays let it be renewed by another. In the same manner 

 other fruit trees may be produced. 



It is a happy circumstance for New England, that agriculture 

 is considered among her most honorable and useful employments. 

 Of those who have taken a deep and lively interest in its success, 

 and given the result of their experience for the benefit of the pub- 

 lic, we name with no common emotion Timothy Pickering, our 

 late President, who was distingushed, not less for his rank in the 

 army of the revolution and in the councils of the nation, than for 

 his unwearied and successful devotion to agriculture. His mortal 

 remains now repose in the bosom of that earth, which when liv- 

 ing, he so industriously cultivated, while his spirit walks abroad 

 to cheer and encourage and elevate his agricultural brethren. — 

 But we are not left alone. There remain to us living examples 

 of all that is honorable, beneficent, manly, in Lowell, Wells, 

 Prince, Parsons, Perkins and many others. These men, with 

 ample fortunes, cultivated minds, and refined taste, have given a 

 character to agricultural pursuits which they did not possess be- 

 fore. They have not only raised two blades of grass, where one 

 only grew before, but they have made the bramble give place 

 to the luxuriant fruit tree. In the society of such men for fellow 

 labourers, who w'ould not be proud to be a farmer. To the cler- 

 gy of our society we are much indebted for countenance and aid. 

 Coleman and Perry not only " point to heaven and lead the 

 way," but they teach to strew this thorny path of earth with fruits 

 and flowers. With such company our employment will be hon- 

 orable, and circumstances may render it profitable. 



