the highest order, and in combination with the previously 

 mentioned characteristics. 



We should venture to have such, and if we venture 

 wisely we cannot fail ; and lastly, I believe we can venture 

 wisely, and unselfishly, to such a profit, coming from the 

 sure interest of the surrounding large population, that the 

 whole agricultural interest of this county must be pro- 

 moted thereby. With good profits, and free from debt, 

 we might deem it wise to establish later a second fair 

 ground in another part of the county now not so occupied. 



Our agricultural exhibits of old Essex are not complete 

 if the biped live stock — pardon this phrase in my argu- 

 ment — that is, the men and women of all callings, are not 

 here brought together for meeting and acquaintance to 

 their mutual good. 



We must have a sufficient hall on the grounds for our 

 exhibit, that the people of Peabody now freely allow us 

 to place in their spacious Town Hall. We can offer it a 

 good location. And we must have more land for a grand 

 stand that shall have seating capacity to rest our visitors 

 and patrons, and from which they can view a half-mile 

 track to find entertainment. The outlay for such may 

 seem high, but the results to come to the Essex Agricul- 

 tural Society thereby must soon make the outlay good and 

 of profit, with improvements and benefits of high quality 

 to come to our strictly agricultural work. 



It not only wants good judgment and early action, but 

 it must have the whole board of our trustees, from all 

 cities and towns, in hearty accord therewith. 



I believe that we cannot too often call the attention 

 of our farmers to the fact that, at large public expendi- 

 tures, agricultural colleges and experimentations exist for 

 their benefit ; also other institutions, like Harvard Univer- 

 sity, have agricultural courses of study, with a farm, 

 where all the lectures of the University are open to him 

 who may enter there. 



