48 THE HISTORY OF THE 



The Publications of The Essex Agricultural 

 Society. 



The Society issued its first publication in 1818, the 

 first year of its existence, a thin pamphlet of 27 pages, 

 entitled, "Address to the Essex Agricultural Society, May 

 5:1818, by the Hon. Timothy Pickering, President of the 

 Society." 



The second, a pamphlet of 27 pages, entitled, "A Dis- 

 course read before the Essex Agricultural Society in 

 Massachusetts February 21, 1820, suggesting some im- 

 provements in the Agriculture of the County by Timothy 

 Pickering, President of the Society," was issued in 1820. 



"The Trustees' Account of the Cattle Show and Other 

 Exhibitions at Topsfield, Oct. 5, 1820," with "An Address 

 to the Essex Agricultural Society at their First Cattle 

 Show at Topsfield, Oct. 5:1820, by Andrew Nichols Esq.," 

 a 56 page pamphlet, was published in 1821. 



The Address by Rev. Abiel Abbot of Andover and the 

 Trustees' Account of the Agricultural Exhibition at Dan- 

 vers, October 16 and 17, 1821, 55 pages, was published 

 in 1822. 



The Society published the address of Rev. Peter Eaton, 

 D.D., of Boxford, at Topsfield on October 2:1822, with 

 full reports, premiums, etc., 60 pages, in 1823, but in 

 the following year, 1824, a thin pamphlet of 23 pages 

 was issued, which contained the Address of Frederic 

 Howes Esq. at Topsfield, October 6, 1823, with no re- 

 ports, but with the list of premiums for the following 

 year. 



No publication was issued by the Society regarding 

 the Cattle Show of 1824, at which there was no address 

 apparently, but a full statement was made in the New 

 England Farmer. 



An Account of Premiums awarded in 1825 and a list 

 of premiums offered for 1826, with "Remarks and Ex- 



