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The Chairman. The time has now come when this meet- 

 ing must close, and it will stand adjourned until to-morrow 

 forenoon, at half-past nine o'clock. 



On the evening of the second day a reception was tendered 

 the Board of Agriculture by the Newburyport Board of 

 Trade. The gathering was held in the Wolfe Tavern, and 

 proved an exceedingly enjoyable occasion. 



THIRD DAY. 



The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Grin- 

 NELL, who said : Mr. C. L. Hartshorn of Worcester, one of 

 our oldest members, has consented to act as chairman of this 

 meeting. 



On assuming the chair Mr. Hartshorn said : Mr Presi- 

 dent, ladies and gentlemen : I consider it an honor to be 

 selected in this body of formers and members of the State 

 Board to preside over their deliberations, and thus relieve 

 our very able vice-president. I have the pleasure of intro- 

 ducing Prof. J. W. Sanborn of Lower Gilmanton, N. H., 

 who will speak upon ' ' Comparison of eastern and western 

 farming." 



Prof. J. W. Sanborn. Mr. President, members of the 

 Massachusetts Board of Agriculture and citizens of Massa- 

 chusetts : It is with pleasure that I appear here for the 

 second time before your Board of the State of Massachusetts, 

 that grand old Commonwealth that we have all learned to 

 honor and respect. I am obliged to the secretary for the 

 courtesy and honor of the opportunity to be here to-day 

 before you and to be with you. The secretary, in an hour 

 when perhaps his judgment may have failed him, asked me 

 to put in manuscript what I had to say, in order that he 

 might publish it, and so I have stored up my energies this 

 morning in this paper. I suppose I can unwind what I 

 have to say easier from paper than in an off-hand talk, and 

 can give jou more in less time ; so that, contrary to my 

 usual practice, I shall read what I have to say to-day. I 

 will say further in these, introductory remarks that this 

 paper does not consider the agriculture of the Pacific slope 



