An Address Delivered Before the Norfolk Agricultural Society

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Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Norfolk Agricultural Society: At Dedham, Sept, 29, 1859Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:It is very true that I am not here to-day to attempt to give you any instruction in agriculture, scientific or practical, I have no claims to be heard upon such subjects, and I am very much afraid that if I should make the attempt you would all laugh at my farming. I understood very well when I was requested to address you upon the subject of which you have heard, that this day and occasion were not devoted solely to an interchange of experience and opinions upon the important practical questions, the old knowledge, the new lights, the experiments, the success, and the progress of agriculture. These, indeed, are among the foremost objects of your association, but there is a common ground where we can all meet to learn something from each other. There are other objects in this Society, there arc other uses in agriculture, than the growing of corn merely. There are other lessons to be learned in the wide fields and the green meadows, than the art of the best soils, and manures, and crops. The country has other instructions than in thrift and good husbandry, and we shall do well to pause for a while, even in the bustle and excitement of a day like this, to interchange our thoughts upon the objects and uses, the influences, the ends, and the aims of this rural life - this home in the country which we can all share and enjoy, and by which, if we will, we can all be improved and elevated. Let us try, then, to understand this mystery of living.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.