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to fill up and replenish that Treasury 1 Is it not from the pro- 

 duct of his fields and from the sale of his flocks ancl his herds, 

 that the greatest portion of the expenses of our government are 

 defrayed 1 This fact cannot be denied, and if so, why aro we thus 

 neglected, while other branches, acknowledged to be of minor im- 

 portance, are so efficiently sustained and protected'? In the me- 

 chanic arts, any new invention of the least importance is secuied 

 hj a patent giving protection to the inventor, and stimulating 

 others to farther research and improvement. If, too, means are 

 required to establish a medical college, one for the study of law 

 or divinity, or a school where the art of killing men at the point 

 of the sword or the bayonet can be taught scientifically, then our 

 treasury is full -^ if not, means can readily be obtained by a loan 

 upon the credit of the State. Millions of dollars have been ex- 

 pended by our'government in erecting costly and maguificent edi- 

 fices for the establishment of these institutions, and appropria- 

 tions are almost yearly made for their endowment; and from 

 whence, again do I ask, is the means' ultimately procured, but 

 from the granary of the farmer? Of this protection and aid we 

 ought not and do not complain, it is right, all that we ask is our 

 just and equal proportion of public benefits, as comj^ared with 

 other branches of industry, or what is now so significantly termed 

 the learned professions. It is true that wo are receiving a small 

 pittance from the State for the award of premiums, our county 

 receiving $180 per annum, provided we raise the like amount, 

 and in that proportion throughout the State. It is thankfully 

 received and has done much good. But, gentlemen, it does not 

 meet the demand ; the progression of the age in which we live 

 requires something more. We sometimes hear thosp who would 

 be gentlemen, speak snceringhj of legislative aid in behalf of 

 agriculture, of scientific farmers, or of gentlemm farmers, and by 

 some of the more wealthy, that they have no interest in agricultiu-o. 



But, gentlemen, it should bt' more fully understood by all, that 

 the talent or the eloquence of a Peel or a Webster, or the com- 

 bined wealth of a Rothchild and a Baring, an Astor and a Whit- 

 ney, cannot either purchase or command a single loaf of bread, a 

 yard of doth, a but for our heads, or a shoe for our feet unless 



