ADDRESS, 



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ASAHEL HUNTINGTON, ESQ, 



Mr. President and Gentlemen : 



Having again assembled on this twenty second 

 anniversary of our society, and brought up hither 

 the choice and beautiful fruits of the earth, together 

 with the firstlings of our herds and flocks, it becomes 

 us to render the tribute of grateful hearts to the Be- 

 neficent Author of all these gifts, who has caused 

 his sun to shine, has given us the early and the lat- 

 ter rain, and has crowned the year with ample and 

 abundant rewards of the labors of the husbandman. 



It is no useless or unmeaning pageant that has 

 brought together the farmers of the county on this 

 interesting occasion. Devoted to a high and hon- 

 orable pursuit — to a most useful, indeed, an indis- 

 pensable calling, the cultivation and improvement of 

 the earth, from which we all derive our food, rai- 

 ment and shelter, and to a profession, for the suc- 

 cessful prosecution of which, the observation or ex- 

 perience of no single individual, however much aid- 

 ed or enlightened by science, study or reflection, 

 ^ will adequately suffice ; why should not the farmers 

 *— come together on stated times, to interchange opin- 

 ^^ ions, to compare results and different modes of cul- 

 '""' ture, and to devise the best means of advancing the 

 ^~ great and paramount interests with which they are 

 E5 intrusted ? Men engaged in the other departments 

 of industry or business, have their days and occasions 



