TRANSACTIONS 



FOR THE YEAR 1896 



OB^ THE 



SSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETT 



(Organized i8iS,) 



FOR THE 



COUNTY OF ESSEX, 



IN MASSACHUSETTS, 



AND ITS 



Seventy-Third Annual Address 



BY 



HON. ROBERT 5. RANTOUL, 



OF SALEM, 



\A/'ith the Premium List for 1897. 



PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY. 



SALEM, MASS. : 



Newcomh & Gauss, Priniers, 



1896. 



