days been given to more earnest scientific re- 

 search, and wider and deepe 'nvestigatioiis, so 

 as to put not only the la])oratory, but also the 

 printing press into a moi-e active and harmonious 

 operation. In all civilized countries science, of 

 late, has more or less been brought to bear on the 

 practice of agriculture with beneficial results, 

 and the Reports and Transactions of Agricultural 

 Societies in different parts of the world, to- 

 gether with a legion of periodical journals in this 

 great interest, unmistakably indicate the present 

 healthy state of progress, the future limits of 

 which it is quite impossible to define. I may 

 further observe, that America occupies a foremost 

 place in agricultural literature, as the valuable 

 Reports and Transactions of this and other Socie- 

 ties, Avith the donuments that are annually issued 

 by the Federal "and State governments, amply 

 testify. Your numerous weekly and monthly 

 periodicals, embracing such pursuits, works 

 mostlj', I believe, of private enterprise, esti- 

 mated by their price, qujility and circulation, 

 stand unquestionably ahead of any other similar 

 publications in the world. And here I shall be 

 only doing a simple act of justice by making a 

 passing reference to the last Report published by 

 your Society. The "getting up," as it is tech- 



