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Aa of old, 80 alone, 'tis the luisbandmau's joy, 



With the sheaves of his hope. Mother Earth's to be twining; 

 And right gladsome is he, faithful helpmate to be, 

 The harvest to share, its fruition to see. 



CHOKUS. 



Oh yes, 'tis the Farmer is lord of the land, 



Who, light-hearted and free, 'neaththe blue skies may stand. 



II. 



His banks do not fail, nor give plunderer's spoil. 

 But their verdurous store yields to Winter's long needing. 



Worthy payment for all of the summer's hard toil ; 

 Aye, the farrow is rich where the plough has been speeding, 



Oh, "his life it is fair, and lacks feverish care 1 



To-day we may see what its dividends bear. 



CHORUS. 



Oh yes, 'tis the Farmer is lord of the land, 



The light hearted and bold, 'neaih the blue skies may stand. 



III. 



All hail, then, we cry, -and God-speed, yoenian bold ! 



From your noble career turn ye not for the calling 

 Of the world's syren voice, or its glittering gold, 



Though its phrenzied pursuit all the world seems enthralling; 

 Far more peaceful and free. Nature's steward to be, 

 With smiles of content, earned fruition to see. 



CHORUS. 



Oh ves, 'tis the Farmer is lord of the land. 



Who, light hearted and bold, 'neath the blue skies may stand. 



Gen. Eussell, the President, spoke in terms of higli honor of 

 one whose name was to-day a household word in Massachusetts, 

 and who had done so much to place their Society where it now 

 stood, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, the honorary President. 



Col. Wilder was received with warm applause. He thanked his 

 hearers for their kind remembrance of his efforts in behalf of the 

 Society, and for what he had done to further the interests of agri- 

 culture. If there was anything which he remembered it was those 

 with whom he had been associated for the last twenty years. They 

 wanted no speech from him ; they all knew how he stood in the 

 cause which had been so eloquently portrayed by his friend, Col. 

 Stone. He congratulated them upon the success of the exhibition. 

 They stood there last year complaining that the farmers of Norfolk 

 County were doing little, but the exhibition of to-day was supe- 

 rior to any held for many years. This was just what he had ex- 

 pected when they put their young and energetic President upon the 

 track. He referred to the influence and the example the Norfolk 

 Society had exerted in behalf of agriculture. From this had eme- 

 nated the United States Agricultural Society, the Massachusetts 

 Board of Agriculture, and the Agricultural College. He hoped the 

 Society would go on prospering, and promised it his constant sup- 

 port. This closed the exercises in the tent, and the company left 

 for the track Avhere, notwithstanding the rain, which by this time 

 was falling fast, the races took place as follows : — 



For the first race, mile heats, best two in three, open to all 

 horses— first prize, Society's cup, valued at seventy-five dollars ; 

 second prize, cash, forty dollars ; third prize, a driving whip, val- 



