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est taken by them in the improvement of our husbandry, and 

 the success which has attended their measures. Certamly, a 

 new impulse has been given to agriculture, and a spirit of en- 

 quiry excited. 



You will permit me, in the name of my brethren in the min- 

 istry, to express their thanks for that act of civility, by which 

 they have been constituted members. This acceptable notice 

 is duly appreciated. Being most of us connected with farming 

 parishes, bound to our people by the cords of duty and love, we 

 cannot but take a lively interest in their temporal prosperity, as 

 well as their moral and religious improvement. 



Industry is of the first importance to the farmer. Neglect 

 your farm, and your farm will neglect you. Solomon was a wise 

 observer, and a practical preacher. His observations on men 

 and things, and the lessons he has left us, are of inestimable value. 

 The picture he has drawn of the indolent man, is done with 

 the pencil of truth : " I went by the field of the slothful, and 

 by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo ! it 

 was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the 

 face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 

 Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and re- 

 ceived instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little 

 folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one 

 that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." With industry 

 must economy be united. Every experienced husbandman, who 

 has only his farm for his support, has learned that close calcula- 

 tion is necessary. In past years, the enhanced price of produce 

 could support expenses which now require retrenchment. We 

 have pleasure in knowing, our intelligent farmers are learning 

 the lesson, and beginning to live within compass. With our in- 

 dustry and economy, let us combine a humble dependence on 

 that Superintending Power, who has given us a good land, is the 

 great parent of the human family, and whose favor we have 

 reason to expect, in proportion to our faithful exertions. 



