Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Twenty-First Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture: With an Appendix, Containing Reports of Delegates Appointed to Visit the County Exhibitions, and Also Returns of the Finances of the Agricultural Societies, for 1873
The societies should realize more fully, the magnitude, the dignity and the character of the mission they have to perform in the development of the material interests Of the Common wealth. They have it in their power to lift the labor Of the people to a higher plane Of thought, and to lead the way to higher triumphs Of Skill and intelligence; but it is question able whether this can be done by catering to the lower tastes of the public, or aiming too exclusively to create a present sensation and excitement such as are too Often apparent in the trials Of Speed at some Of our shows.
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