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pursuits of life. True, they were stigmatized as "book- 

 farmers," but to them we are indebted mainly for the harvest 

 we are now reaping. 



Lack of space will prevent giving more than the name 

 and date of incorporation of these many societies : Massa- 

 chusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1792 ; Kenne- 

 beck Agricultural Society, 1801 ; Western Society of 

 Middlesex Husbandmen, 1803 ; Berkshire Agricultural So- 

 ciety, 1811; Oxford Agricultural Society, 1812; Second 

 Oxford Agricultural Society, Hampshire Agricultural So- 

 ciety, 1814; Agricultural Society in Attleborough, 1816; 

 Agricultural Society of Maine, Hampshire, Franklin and 

 Hampden Agricultural Society, Winthrop Agricultural So- 

 ciety, Worcester Agricultural Society, Essex Agricultural 

 Society, 1818 ; Agricultural Society in the County of 

 Plymouth, Somerset Agricultural Society, 1819 ; Farmers' 

 Association, 1821 ; Bristol County Agricultural Society, 

 1823 ; Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1829 ; Woburn 

 Agricultural and Mechanic Association, 1830 ; Reading Agi*i- 

 cultural and Mechanic Association, 1831 ; South Reading 

 Mechanic and Agricultural Institution, Maiden Agricul- 

 tural and Mechanic Association, 1833 ; Suftblk Agricultiu*al 

 Society, 1839 ; Worcester County Horticultural Society, 

 1842 ; Hampden Agricultural Society, Barnstable County 

 Agricultural Society, 1844 ; New Bedford Horticultural 

 Society, Hampden County Horticultural Society, 1847 ; 

 Housatonic Agricultural Society, 1848 ; Norfolk Agricul- 

 tural Society, 1849 ; Franklin County Agricultural Society, 

 East Hampshire Agricultural Society, 1850 ; Agricultural 

 and Mechanic Hall Association, Worcester County West 

 Agricultural Society, 1851 ; Fitchburg Agricultural So- 

 ciety, Chelmsford Agricultural Society, 1852 ; Middlesex 

 South Agricultural Society, 1854 ; Worcester South Agri- 

 cultural Society, Middlesex North Agricultural Societ}^ 

 1855 ; Nantucket Agricultural Society, Eastern Hampden 

 Agricultural Society, 1856 ; Martha's Vineyard Agricultural 

 Society, Highland Agricultural Society, 1859 ; Iloosac 

 Valley Agricultural Society, Worcester South-East Agricul- 



