butions with neatness ; select with nice regard to qualities ; 

 over and above all, fellow farmers, cultivate hope. A giant can 

 cope with despair, but despair will get the better of you with- 

 out hope. The late Thomas Carlyle is an illustration. Culti- 

 vating a large farm, almost alone among the desolate hills of 

 Scotland, he rose to the highest distinction by the hardest 

 work. "He stood faithfully to what seemed to him his task," but 

 he lacked hope in the melioration of the races, and his despair 

 was inevitable. Mr. R. W. Emerson, on the other view, is the 

 apostle of hope for the new world. This spirit seeks the ham- 

 let of the obscure farmer and reflects a radiant light on all 

 worthy enterprises. This makes life in New England lovely, 

 and immortal joy is the rule, and a little anxiety, like a cloud 

 casting a shadow across our pathway, the exception. Agassiz 

 was a friend to the farmer and never to be forgotten. These 

 men have mastered the lore of all the universities, and come 

 to every man and woman in our land urging them to regard the 

 "reverent art" of Agriculture as the foundation of all our 

 material wealth, and as the means of intellectual and spiritual 

 progress. 



Respectfully submitted. 



GEO. J. PETERSON 

 H. H. NORTHEY, 



' j- Committee, 



