densed abstract of which he has kindly furnished for 

 publication. 



It was intended to fill up the remainder of the after- 

 noon with speeches^ songs and reports of committees^ 

 but although gentlemen had come with their speeches 

 all ready, and a club had prepared a number of fine 

 songs, glees, &c.; yet the length of the reports, and the 

 want of time, compelled the company to forego them 

 all with a single exception. Coh Wm. G. Lewis, of Fram- 

 ingham, delegate from the Board of Agriculture, being 

 called out by a sentiment in allusion to that body, 

 replied in a very complimentary speech, and suggested 

 one or two subjects for the consideration of the Society, 

 one of which was the purchase of a piece of land of 

 sufficient capacity to contain the whole exhibition, plow- 

 ing and all. This lot might be fenced, and an admis- 

 sion fee would admit visitors to all parts of the exhibition. 

 It is to be hoped that this matter may receive the 

 attention of the Society. 



We would take the present opportunity to throw out 

 the idea that much time might be gained at the dinner 

 table for the purpose of hearing from guests and others, 

 and thus addino- to the interest of the occasion, bv 

 suppressing the reading of the subject matter of the 

 reports and allowing the Secretary to proclaim simply 

 the awards. This would require comparatively but little 

 time, and it is the only portion in which the audience 

 have at the time any special interest. 



The Heports of the Committees will be found to be 

 marked with rather more ability, and to contain more 

 practical suggestions than has sometimes been the case^ 

 and as such, we commend them to the careful attentioii 

 of the reader. 



