Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the Provincial Agricultural Association: At Its Twelfth Annual Exhibition, at Brantford, 1857 What are the great objects which have brought this vast multitude together? We have come here to pay a just tribute Of homage and respect to the enter prise of our fellow citizens, who have carried off the highest honors of the day, +and to behold and admire the results of their industry, as displayed in the rich productions Of the earth - and in all the inventions and beautiful handiwork designed to grace and adorn life. We claim for these great annual gatherings, that they give vigour and vitality to the aspirations of our peo ple, and that while they are the best public introduc tion to our importers and improvers of stock, - to the scientific Husbandman, - to our own Mechanics and Manufacturers, - extending far and wide the fame of their superior skill, - th, ey cannot fail to raise in the public mind higher standards of excellence, and exer cise a salutary moral and social influence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.