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were hung upon the calendar to drj', but they have been taken from 

 the calendar and moistened bv the tears of the grieved farmers and 

 again will be placed before that tribunal, and whoever the Senator 

 may be, whether he be a republican or democrat, whether he hails 

 from Maine or California, or any spot between, if he place himself 

 on record against either of these bills, he is a marked man, and the 

 days of his political life, as the hairs upon his head, are numbered. 

 As farmers, as producers, as workingmen of this rich nation, we are 

 bound to have our rights and accomplish our mission. 



In conclusion, I plead for more thought from the professions, 

 more support from the legislator, more solicitude from the people, 

 for more and better education in the great art of agriculture, the 

 art of arts, the science of sciences, which is the only enduring 

 foundation of commerce and manufacture. Tliis life pursuit fol- 

 lowed in wisdom and faith by a God-worshiping people is the source 

 of national worth, wealth and prosperity. 



Following the reading of the paper the member from Penobscot 

 presented the following resolution and supported the same b}' remarks : 



Mesolved, That in view of the recent calamit}' at the farm of the 

 State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, involving the 

 destruction of its valuable herd, this Board recommend that the sum 

 of $5000, as asked by the Trustees, be appropriated to repair the 

 loss, and that it commends the contemplated policy of the Trustees, 

 to include two or more different breeds in the new herd. 



Resolved^ That this Board commends the College, in all its inter- 

 ests, to the generous support of the Legislature. 



The member from Oxford, Mr. Pike, followed Mr. Burr by wa}' of 

 inquir}' as to the necessit}' of stocking the College farm. 



The member from Cumberland, Mr. Harris, followed and dwelt on 

 the importance of stock-husbandr}' at large and referred to the fact 

 that a farm cannot be run without stock. In purchasing this stock 

 he would endorse the resolution in its recommendation of the intro- 

 duction of two or more breeds. 



The member from the College, President Fernald, stated that the 

 polic}' of the Trustees from the start had been to introduce several 

 breeds of stock upon the farm, and that they had been prevented 

 from carr3'ing that policy out only from lack of means to do so. The 

 Jerseys were introduced as affording the best means for immediate 

 returns with which to meet running expenses of the farm. 



