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cents per bushel. It is evident that a very large amount of 

 plant food is stored up in these meadows, which the present 

 generation cannot exhaust. Young men of limited capital "' 

 would do well to examine these lands before taking their 

 chances in the West. No better field exists for enterprise in 

 this country, now the land is offered iu the market at reason- 

 able prices. We hope to witness improvements in this 

 department next year. The Society lives to instruct the 

 community in better methods of agriculture and a better 

 domestic life. When it has accomplished its mission, it may- 

 well cease to exist. Next to the wise legislator who makes our 

 national development possible, stands the farmer, nearest to 

 Nature, working on a method of all for each and each for all. 

 We have hoped for a better time for the farmer. It is coming ; 

 it is here! Fellow farmers, appreciate your opportunity and 

 improve it. During the active season, in the calm contem- 

 plation of the workings of Nature, secure your best thoughts 

 and store them for future use ; they pay good interest, and this 

 is enterprise that never fails. And while the swift life culmi- 

 nates, let into your households tranquillity and the loving ■ 

 heart. 



Kespectfully submitted, 



GEORGE J. PETERSON, 



H. H. NORTHEY, )■ Committee. 



J. H. BAKER, 



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