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served his receipt for the payment of his membership 

 fee, as follows : 



Received payment by the hands of Robert Dodge, the amount of three 

 dollars, for file Essex Agricultural Society, for David Emory. 



IcHABOD Tucker, Treasurer. 

 May 6th, 1818. 



Major Emery has enjoyed the respect of his towns- 

 men through a long life, and amidst the infirmities of 

 old age retains his interest in all those institutions which 

 operate for the benefit of the community. 



In another part of the county, there still resides, 

 blessed with longer life than often falls to the lot of 

 man, Hobart Clark, one of our first trustees. As a law- 

 yer, and an active member of the community, he will 

 long be remembered by all who appreciate devoted ser- 

 vice to the welfare of society. As a pioneer in the rail- 

 road enterprises of the State, he took the lead, and is 

 entitled to the respect and gratitude of a prosperous 

 people. 



When you consider the character of those who organ- 

 ized this association, you will not be surprised to learn 

 that the preparation of addresses and essays upon agri- 

 cultural subjects formed an important, and for some 

 years the only duty in which its members were inter- 

 ested. Colonel Pickering began, continued and ended 

 his connection with the Society by constant and diligent 

 labor with his pen. His example has been well follow- 

 ed, and while our volumes have been filled with essays 

 by practical farmers, the annual addresses, invariably 

 delivered by a citizen of the county, form an interesting 

 and useful part of our agricultural literature. 



The first address was delivered by Timothy Pickering, 

 May 5, 1818, upon "Manure; Domestic Animals, or the 



