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• they make money by using their capital and labor in: 

 special lines. He dwelt at length on the usefulness of 

 the Amherst experimental station and the benefit derived 

 from sending soils to be analyzed to find out what they 

 are deficient in, so as to properly enrich them. The ad- 

 vantages to young farmers of this line of work are these, 

 — a better selection of soil and a choice of proper imple- 

 ments suited to the crop on this selected soil. If you 

 are going into farming choose one line and make every- 

 thing bend to it, and you will be sure to succeed. 



Mr. Gregory was then called upon and referred very 

 pleasantly to Mr. Butlei's address, and said that of all 

 places in the United States suited for special farming Es- 

 sex County was the best, on account of its closely settled 

 area, its facility for transporting perishable goods, and the 

 demand of the larger cities. He went quite extensively 

 into the various branches of market gardening, and the 

 excellent opportunities his own town of Marblehead 

 offered for certain lines of this very subject. 



Mr. Ware was next called upon and took exceptions to 

 following too closely the lines of the specialist. The 

 specialist business may be over done, and if your eggs are 

 all in one basket, where are you ; his advice was to be 

 careful and cautious and not to narrow down too much. 



At the afternoon meeting the President called upon 

 Vice President Jas. J. H. Gregory to preside, as he. Presi- 

 dent Appleton was to read an essay, giving "A Brief His- 

 tory of Agricultural Work in the United States. 



Organized agriculture in this countrj'' dates from the 

 year 1785, when the Philadelphia Agricultural Society 

 and the South Carolina Society were formed. In regard 

 to the latter, nothing definite is given in any readily ac- 

 cessible record, and it appears to have been short lived. 

 The Philadelphia Society had a prosperous and useful ex- 

 istence, having George Washington for an honorary mem- 

 ber, he receiving his election July 4th, 1785. In 17',>1 an 



