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He says : " Late ploughing in the spring is preferable to 

 early. Quotes from Curwen that : " By making use of 

 dung in its freshest state, the farmer may extend his 

 cropping to one-third more land with the same quantity 

 of manure." 



Rev. Gardner B. Perry spoke at Newbury, at the ex- 

 hibition, Sept. 27, 1832. He approved of the Society, as 

 having a tendency to remove some of the hindrances to 

 agricultural improvement — such as an " unsettled state of 

 mind," — an " impression that farming is not a genteel oc- 

 cupation" — and an idea that " learning is of little advan- 

 tage in the business of a farmer's life." 



Dr. Jeremiah Spofford was the speaker at New Row- 

 ley (now Georgetown) Sept. 26, 1833. He said, with 

 truth and emphasis : " To no class of men does this ne- 

 cessity of constant industry apply more forcibly than to 

 the farmer. He turns his own wheel of fortune more em- 

 phatically than almost any other class ; those great and 

 sudden turns of fortune which sometimes raise or depress 

 others, lie quite out of his track. With firm foothold he 

 climbs the ascent to wealth ; or with loosened energies he 

 slides down the gradual descent to poverty." 



Hon. Ebenezer Moseley ascended the rostrum at New 

 Rowley, Sept. 25, 1834. He urged agricultural educa- 

 tion ; spoke of the advantages of Dummer Academy as 

 an agricultural school ; dwelt upon the proper time to 

 cut timber ; and recommended the cultivation of fruit." 



Hon. Daniel P. King delivered the annual address at 

 Danvers, Sept. 30, 1835. He put forth the idea that: 

 " The great object of the farmer is to obtain the most 

 valuable products with the least possible labor, and at the 

 same time to keep his farm in a state of progressive im- 



