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ress in civilization has been and mnst be through ih§ 

 paths of agriculture ; that comes first as the foundation 

 of society." He said also what I suppose we are all 

 ready to believe here, that " the majority of great minds 

 from the beginning of time have come from rural life." 



Hon. Daniel Saunders, Jr., addressed the Society at 

 Andover, September 30,1803. He declared: "His a 

 mistaken idea that for successful field labor merely phys- 

 ical training is required." " What is wanted by our 

 farmers is an education that shall not only accumulate 

 facts, but which shall enlarge the mind, develop the pow- 

 ers of the brain, widen and deepen the channels of in- 

 formation, and bring into operation those latent elements 

 of mental perception and concentration." 



Hon. Darwin E. Ware delivered the annual address 

 at Lawrence, September 28, 1864. He stated : " But it 

 is not enough that mechanical and manufacturing indus- 

 try supply the implements, the markets, and the general 

 conditions necessary to a self-sustaining and improving 

 agriculture. The true principles of such an agriculture 

 must be investigated, inculcated and diffused. This ne- 

 cessity has been most emphatically recognized in the lib- 

 eral grants of land Congiess has made for the establish- 

 ment of agricultural colleges. Such a measure is of 

 good import." 



Nehemiaii Cleveland, Esq., was the orator of the Soci- 

 ety at Lawrence, September 27, 186G. He remarked : " I 

 do not hesitate to say that these addresses constitute a 

 valuable body of learning and counsel, specially design- 

 ed, indeed, for the fjirmer's advantage, but broad enough 

 to be of service to us all." Some of us will undoubtedly 

 agree with him. He also says : " To form a system in 

 agriculture as in anything else — to deduce and lay down 



