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L. A. Goodman — Let us bave suggestions for the work of the 

 Experiment station. 



Mr. Morrill of Michigan — I am surprised to hear that your Hatch 

 station has not done anything of value to the fruit-growers of the State. 

 Your horticulturists, as the boy said, are making the waste places glad ; 

 they are doiag a wonderful work upon the Ozarks ; they are making 

 your cheap lands valuable ; they are hunting dollars for themselves, I 

 admit, but they have increased the value of land in Southern Missouri 

 a hundred million dollars. This adds to your taxable wealth, and gives 

 employment to your people. Prof. Taft is worth a millian dollars to 

 the state of Michigan. The State of Missouri is to blame for letting 

 him go to Michigan. I don't know your laws, but you must rattle the 

 dry bones at your Agricultural college. I don't know what is the mat- 

 ter, but there is something wrong. 



Mr. Holsipger of Kansas — I think we have done better in Kansas, 

 but these schools of agriculture and horticulture have a hum-drum 

 way of doing things. I believe I could plant more trees or vines in a 

 day than the whole college. 



B. F. Smith, of Kansas — I came to Kansas about 15 years ago, 

 and have been running a station of my own. Anyone did not seem to 

 know what kinds of fruits would succeed there. Among other things, 

 they said I should mulch strawberries in the summer time. I did not 

 believe that would do. 



I think it is now time for us to have some benefit from the Sta- 

 tions. I have been spending money for what the Station should have 

 done. 



Mr. Morrill — In our State a man who knows something of fruit- 

 growing can go there and buy a piece of land, send to the Station and 

 get a list of the fruits that will succeed in his soil and locality ; also a 

 similar list of vegetables. Cornell took Bailey from us; Taft is a good 

 substitute. I think it is much harder to breed fruit than stock. 



Mr. Holsinger — I believe that great good could be done by di- 

 viding up the Experiment station money among different parts of the 

 State. Edwin Taylor is worth more to the state of Kansas than both 

 Agricultural college and Experiment station together. 



Report of Special Committee. 



Your Committee appointed to consider the status of the Missouri 

 Experiment station, beg leave to report : 



I. We commend Secretary Goodman's address read at the Tren- 

 ton meeting, as relating to Experiment station work. 



