The Farmer, and His Relations to the State, 



OR 



Some of the Ways in which the Farmer can Advance His 

 Own Interests and the Interests of the State. 



AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, OCTOBER 7, 1875, BY 



PEOF. SANBOKN TENNEY OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE. 



We are now at the culmination of the harvest time of the year 

 — the season toward which we have looked with intense interest, 

 and sometimes, perhaps, with not a little anxiety, ever since the- 

 melting of the snows of winter and the sowing of the seed in the 

 early days of the spring-time. 



All through the spring and the summer you have patiently 

 labored, and watched, and waited. And now, thanks be to Him 

 who clothes the lily with beauty, and careth even for the spar- 

 row, your barns and granaries are full, and the fruits of the fields, 

 of the orchard, and the garden, bring gladness to every house- 

 hold. 



And now in these golden days of the autumn, when fruits and 

 forests are tinged with beauty and splendor, you come from the 

 hillsides and from the valleys, and from the towns to mingle to- 

 gether, and to exchange kindly greetings, and to encourage one 

 another for the work of the future. 



I know, and I trust fully appreciate, the great and noble work 

 in which you are engaged, and I shall be glad if I can speak a 

 word which shall put more courage in your hearts and more 



