136 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



ought to advertise New England. The State of New Hamp- 

 shire is in exactly the same position as the State of Maine. 

 New Hampshire has been advertised as a place for mountains 

 and pure air and lakes; and I believe it is also a good place for 

 a man to make a living if he goes at it in the right way. I 

 want to say to }-ou, Ladies and Gentlemen, that I am glad to be 

 here. I have been excellently treated while I have been here. 

 I want to congratulate the Board of Trade of this city on the 

 stand they are taking to promote agriculture because I hrmly 

 believe that it is as important for the city to help develop the 

 country as for the country to help develop the city. A good 

 many years ago when the cities were small and depended for 

 their trade upon the surrounding country, every small city and 

 town realized the importance of having a prosperous agricul- 

 tural community. As the cities grew they felt the need of that 

 less. We can sit down to a table now and get our oranges from 

 California, our beef from the Middle West, our cheese from 

 Wisconsin and our butter from Iowa. We are not depending 

 upon the surrounding country. W^e have not felt the need of a 

 prosperous agricultural population ; but we must realize that 

 about forty per cent of all the articles manufactured in this 

 country come from the farm. We must also realize that ^2 

 per cent of the country's export is agricultural products. Every 

 city man ought to realize that the development of agriculture 

 means a great deal for him. For instance, the Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington spends a million dollars in fighting 

 some of the insect pests of the South that kill out the cotton 

 crop. That not only helps the farmers of the South but it helps 

 the milling industry of the East; it helps manufactures; it helps 

 commerce and trade. Our shoe industry, which is great in New 

 England, is dependent upon the hides from the western country, 

 to a large extent, and anything that is done to develop the cattle 

 industry in the \\'est is a help to manufacture, commerce and 

 trade in the East. It is a great puzzle with some people how 

 the city can help the farmer, but it can help him in a number of 

 ways. It can help him by working through the legislature for 

 larger appropriations for agricultural development, — the devel- 

 opment of an agricultural college, an agricultural high school 

 and other schools of the State. Not only that, but T think that 

 one of the greatest things the city people can do is to be in 

 sympathy with agriculture, to get the view point of the farmer, 



