retary of the Society. If any one doubts that Mr. How, 

 the late President, is a working man, let him look over the 

 records of the Society, or go and see him on his farm. Gen. 

 TVilliam Sutton, who has managed, for a quarter of a century, 

 the finances of the Association, is now, very properly, placed 

 at its head. 



A^PP^ENDIX C. 



STIRRING THE GROUND. 



I have seen somewhere, and recently, a statement to this 

 eflfect : — Two individuals had small patches of ground under 

 similar cultivation and not far apart. Both believed in the 

 efficacy of frequent stirring, and practised accordingly. One 

 of them, who hoed twice a week and with excellent results, 

 was yet surprised to find, after a while, that his neighbor, 

 whose labors in that line he supposed to be less constant than 

 his own, was decidedly ahead of him in the growth and vigor 

 of his plantation. On stating to that person his disappoint- 

 ment, he was informed that the more productive soil which 

 excited his wonder, had received three hoeings for every hoe- 

 inq; which he had bestowed. 



THE UNIVERSAL NEED AND EFFICACY OF FAITH. 



I think the following statement contains sound doctrine : — 

 " True faith is faith in the truth ; and as there is truth in all 

 the other pursuits of life as well as religion — blessings to be 

 foreseen before they are gained, and appreciated before they 

 are sought — hence it comes to pass that faith is the source of 

 practice in all the pursuits of life, in war; in peace; in arts 

 in sciences ; in taking a journey, or crossing the ocean ; in col- 

 oring a picture, or shaping a statue ; in tilling a field, or in 



