12 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



votes by an additional appropriation of 85000 for itinerant instruc- 

 tion. Tlius the direct and indirect votes for the encouragement of 

 dairyino; in New York State are nearly $100,000 a year. 



If }ou attend the cheese maikets of New York, Montreal and 

 Liverpool or London, you may learn that the excellence of Canadian 

 cheese is due primarily to her system of instruction which was inau- 

 gurated there some eight years ago. In the Province of Ontario 

 there are about 750 cheese factories and 55 creameries. The value 

 of the cheese exports of Canada in 1887 was about $9,000,000. I 

 think the value of the total dairy product of Wisconsin is about 

 $10,000,000. In Canada there are several dairy associations each 

 employing itinerant instructors at an annual expenditure of about 

 $11,000. 



Timid and discouraged, the old State of Vermont quite recently 

 approached its legislature for an appropriation for dairy educational 

 work. One thousand dollars were voted. Other New England 

 States are in the li^of applicants, while the middle States are rally- 

 ing their forces for increased appropriations for their dair}- educa- 

 tional work. Ohio is getting read\' for an appeal for $10,000 for a 

 dairy school and itinerant instruction. Michigan and Indiana are 

 also knocking at the treasur}' doors. 



Never was there a time in the history of this countrj^ when emula- 

 tion and rivalry were as strong as to-day. If there are any natural 

 advantages in point of nearness to market, these should surely 

 belong to the farmers living nearest to their customers. Complaint 

 of the wrongs of our condition avails nothing since we can determine 

 these ourselves. Whether we live on the banks of the Kennebec, 

 the Hudson, Mississippi, St. Lawrence, or the Yelbwstone, we must 

 have faith in intelligence, in labor, and courage enough to pursue 

 our task till we win. To those who believe, salvation is possible 

 and immediate. 



Does this legislature believe in its resources? Do you still trust 

 your people? Will you not, therefore, encourage the men who are 

 nursing the agricultural industries of your State? Will you not 

 strengthen their voices, and hold up their hands in staying the tide of 

 emigration, by making the lives of the young people more hopeful, 

 and the future more attractive to those who labor in your fields, to 

 perpetuate the good name of this State as a stock raising country? 



A few years ago Governor Hoard of Wisconsin sketched out an 

 educational chart of the North-western States. The chart indicated 



