No. 4.] ADDRESS OF O. B. HADWEN. 29 



this morning. We are here with you for a few days, and 

 we trust, in fact, we know, that we shall have a pleasant 

 and enjoyable time. 



The Chairman. The next on the programme is a wel- 

 come from the Worcester County Horticultural Society. 

 You may all know that we meet in a hall owned by that so- 

 ciety, that they tender to the Board of Agriculture gratui- 

 tously the use of this beautiful hall and its conveniences for 

 this meeting. This society joined with the Worcester Agri- 

 cultural Society in inviting the Board to meet here. It is 

 one of the oldest horticultural societies in the State. It has 

 done a wonderful work. Mr. O. B. Hadwen has been con- 

 nected with it I do not know but from the very beginning. 

 He will extend the welcome to the Board. 



Mr. Hadwen. In behalf of the Worcester County Horti- 

 cultural Society I tender you a most cordial and hearty 

 welcome. I do this with greater pleasure, as twenty-four 

 years have elapsed since I had the pleasure to extend to your 

 Board a welcome from this very platform, to this our horti- 

 cultural hall, the headquarters in this city of one of the im- 

 portant interests you have especially in keeping. 



Great changes have taken place during this period of 

 time. Agriculture and horticulture and their kindred call- 

 ings have become more intense, new modes of cultivation 

 have sprung up, new implements are used, new products 

 are grown, to supply the wants of higher and better living. 



We are a progressive people. The requirements of the 

 day are study and work. The man who is unwilling to 

 study and work will find he is superseded by knowledge 

 with industry, and must go to the wall. 



The study of the mechanics, the manufactures, the trades 

 and of agriculture occupies the larger portion of our people, 

 and they work out the practical results of many improve- 

 ments with the aid of improved machines and implements. 

 The man who would attempt to manufacture or to carry on 

 his farm or garden on the conditions practised or pursued 

 fifty or sixty years ago would certainly find he was pursuing 

 an unprofitable business and being outstripped by his more 

 thrifty neighl)or. 



Agriculture is yearly becoming more intensive. The 



