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ture, show great care and good judgment in compilation and se- 

 lection, and are in fact an encyclopaedia of agriculture for the 

 times. During this time he wrote and published his books en- 

 titled "Grasses and Forage Plants," "Milch Cows, and Dairy 

 Farming." a new edition of Dr. Harris' "Treatise on Insects 

 Injurious to Vegetation," with suitable additions and illustra- 

 tions, and with the assistance of Mr. George B. Emerson, "The 

 Manual of Agriculture," all standard works. He for many 

 years was the agricultural editor of the Massachusetts Plough- 

 man, also editor of the Old Farmers' Almanac, which position 

 he held at the close of his life. 



During his life he was called to many important public posi- 

 tions, all of which he filled with honor and profit to the institu- 

 tions with which he became connected. He was appointed a 

 trustee of the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, 

 from its first establishment, its secretary and lecturer until with- 

 in a few years, aud one year its president ; also a trustee of the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, giving great assistance 

 in its development. For many years he rendered efficient ser- 

 vice to the educational interests of Boston, as chairman of the 

 committee of the English High School. He was president at 

 the time of his death, of the Massachusetts Agricultural Club, it 

 being the oldest club in Boston, and from which has emanated 

 several of the leading agricultural institutions and organizations 

 of the country. He was a charter member of Massachusetts 

 Grange, No. 38, and a member of the New England Historic 

 Genealogical Society, and a director for many years of the So- 

 ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In 1862, he 

 made an extended agricultural tour of Europe, and studied the 

 methods of agricultural schools there, by which he was enabled 

 to render important aid in the formation of such schools in his 

 own country. In 1863, he attended the International Exhibi- 

 tion at Hamburg, as commissioner. The Chilian government 

 at an International Exposition, held at Santiago, awarded him 

 diploma and a bronze medal in recognition of the high quality 



