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along and make cursory examinations, and the results though valua- 

 ble, are not so good as I think we could obtain in this way. 



McWhorter, (of Millersburg) — I think we may be considered a 

 little greedy to ask for nunc than &2000. per annum. 



Phoenix — Would'nt it be better to have a State officer, to be 

 called a State Vegetable Physiologist, or something of that sort ? 



Earle — I think we should not cultivate modesty in soliciting the 

 L igislature for aid. 



Dunlap — I would refer the Avhole matter to the Industrial Uni- 

 versity. 



lVarson — I think the Committee Ad Interim a good thing, and 

 we should not dispense with it. The average judgment of six men 

 is better than that of any one man we can get. 



Long — I am inclined to favor either Mr. Phoenix's or Mr. Dun- 

 lap"^ idea. 



Flagg — I am in favor of the resolutions. We know our own 

 needs and the best practical way of disposing of them. 



" If you want a thing well done, you must do it yourself, you 

 must not leave it to others." 



I favor therefore, asking an appropriation for this purpose, and 

 ourselves employing the man among us, whom we believe most capa- 

 ble of doing the work. I have nothing to say against the idea of a 

 State Vegetable Physiologist, nor against doing a similar work at the 

 Industrial University, nor retaining the Committee Ad Interim. 

 There is enough and more than enough for all these to do. But for 

 practical information and immediate work, we do want something of 

 this kind. 



Hull — In making our ad interim excursions, we were necessarily 

 too much hurried. \Ve would be met by the local committee, who 

 would have a programme laid down, that necessitated our going rap- 

 idly over a great many places. At night we would take the cars 

 and have for another point. One man should go and spend more 

 time. He should be foot-loose, so as to go at the times when the 

 most valuable observations can be made at any point, and so as to 

 go where wanted, when called for. 



