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not held in that honorable estimation which it must en- 

 joy, before a community can be truly prosperous." 



Hon. John W. Proctor, the appointed speaker at Sa- 

 lem in 1844, said well : " as soon should I expect a man 

 to be skillful in the management of a ship, who has nev- 

 er been upon the water ; or expert in chemical experi- 

 ments, who had never been in a laboratory ; as to under- 

 stand the necessary processes of farming, without actual 

 personal experience in them." " Cultivate," said he, " so 

 much land as can be well done, and no more ; and leave 

 no part of the process of cultivation slightly performed." 



Rev. Edwin M. Stone delivered the address at Ipswich, 

 Sept. 24, 1845. He said in a long and elaborate docu- 

 ment : " It has always seemed to me a reproval to the 

 farming interests of this country, that it should depend 

 on foreign supplies of improved stock, when it can easily 

 be supplied at home." Not so easily as some might sup- 

 pose. He stated that : " Good pasture is as essential 

 to the best results of the dairy, as it is to the best ap- 

 pearance of stock: " urged soiling milch cows ; and ex- 

 pressed the opinion that " the product of a single acre 

 will suffice for ten or fifteen cows, and give them their fill." 



Hon. Moses Newell was the orator at Lynn, October 

 1st, 1846. He said : " all manures mixed with eaiih, for 

 top-dressing or ploughing-in, should be composted in ref- 

 erence to the soils to which they are to be applied." A 

 good idea — and one which should not be forgotten. He 

 said, too : " A barn-cellar under the stalls is the best 

 store-house" for manure. 



Thomas E. Payson, Esq., gave the annual address at 

 Lynn, Sept. 29, 1847. He spoke of the Aalue of the 

 newspaper press. " Slowly and silently, almost by 

 stealth, without the knowledge of the man himself, this 



