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It would certainly! be a great promoter of profit to the 

 farmer if he could secure the electric curient and motor, 

 at a somewhat lower price than now, to run his dairy im- 

 plements, lathe, {grindstone, and a grist mill, chiefly ; it 

 would thus be eas}- to^ keep his implements and smaller 

 tools in better condition than is usual, and sharper, which 

 latter is a most important factor to a farmer as a source of 

 profit. Implements and men's wits are best when they are 

 sharp, and so produce the best results. 



We honor the memory of Benjamin Franklin as the pro- 

 moter of the use of electricity as brought from the clouds 

 by his kite line ; he was a statesman that acted loyally 

 and patriotically for his countiy's interests, when in liis 

 native land, as well as when representing his country on 

 foreign soil. 



May our newly chosen President have a sharp eye out 

 to catch the ideas'that will promote the agricultural inter- 

 ests of Essex county and Massachusetts, especially when 

 he goes to the Paris Exposition of 1900 in our interest, as 

 I am sure he will. 



It is claimed that the proper use of ensilage was pro- 

 moted by an Essex county representative in Vienna, in 

 1873, who reported back what he saw of it in Austria- 

 Hungary, and elsewhere ; may we look for something 

 more and more useful from another of our representatives. 



The Essex Agricultural Society has had 78 annual ex- 

 hibitions already ; may they have many more, and may 

 they be constantly improving, be both instructive and en- 

 tertaining to those who visit and examine them, and of a 

 high, and of an increasingly high order of merit. They 

 should have attractions that are real and worth viewing, 

 and these can be offered at such a reasonable expense that 

 good profits can result to a society which is behind them. 



The good history and record of this Society must and 

 will be perpetuated, and the agricultural displays be of 



