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men, school teaching has been elevated to the rank and pay of a 

 learned profession, and the eminent teacher takes his position 

 among the foremost classes of society. Farming demands learning 

 and talents, and will reward them. They will convert it from an 

 empirical trade to a noble and dignified pursuit ; and it will crown 

 them with riches and honor. Our Society will have gone a great 

 way towards fulfilUng the wishes of its enlightened founders, when 

 it shall persuade young men to devote to agriculture years of 

 earnest and serious study, — when thought shall be wedded to 

 labor, — Avhen science appUed to the cultivation of the soil shall 

 redeem from immerited contempt one of the most useful of human 

 employments. 



For the Committee, 



JOHN M. MERRICK. 



REPORT ON HORSES. 



The Committee have the pleasure to report, — That a much 



larger number of horses have been offered for exhibition than any 



previous year, and that there is a manifest improvement in the 



quality of the stock exhibited. 



They have awarded the following premiums, &c. : — 



To E. C. Brooks, of Dedham, for the best stallion, . $10.00 

 Messrs. Gilson, of West Cambridge, Lawrence, of 

 , and a stranger from Vermont, exhibited su- 

 perior stallions, but not being residents of the County 

 were not entitled to awards. 



To Joseph Fisher, of West Dedham, for a pair of horses, 

 combining the properties of carriage and work horses, a 

 premium of ....... . 6.00 



To Thomas Adams, of Roxbury, for a pair of carriage 



horses, a gratuity of . . . . . . . 6.00 



To Charles Sampson, of West Roxbury, for a pair of car- 

 riage horses, a diploma. 



To J. W. Clark, of Dedham, for a pair of carriage horses, 

 a diploma. 



