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the nations of the world and the greater will be our measure of 

 progress and happiness at home. 



Whatever benefits agriculture benefits all things else, and what- 

 ever retards agriculture checks progress and advancement in all 

 other departments of commercial and industrial life. 



CONCLUSION 



In conclusion, ]\lr. President and gentlemen of the society, I 

 sincerely trust that the agricultural interests of your great state 

 will be aroused to the splendid future possibilities to be realized 

 from the proj)er development of your agricultural resources. 



The whole solution of our present farming problems lies in 

 cooperative effort and the building up of a strong system of rural 

 finance. 



No country possesses such marvelous agricultural resources as 

 the United States. 'No country presents a brighter or more 

 attractive future to the rural population of our great luition. 



Providence Jias blessed the American farmer with evervthins; to 

 be desired in soil and climate. The finest consuming markets and 

 distributing centers are located at the very doors of our farmers. 

 They must awake to these magnificent opportunities and in the 

 future carve out for themselves a business of profit and pleasure 

 second to none other Avithin the roach of man. The farmer should 

 be the master of his business and his vocation should typify the 

 ideal life. 



When the business of agriculture has reached that pinnacle of 

 dignity and success which it should command, and to which it is 

 so clearly entitled, rural life will receive an impetus which will 

 place it at the very masthead of the most attractive and successful 

 avocations in this country. 



With your great agricultural university oflPoring unprece- 

 dented opportunities to your young men to prepare and equip 

 themselves for scientific agriculture, there is every incentive for 

 a rapid transformation of your undeveloped lands in this state into 

 fertile and wealth producing possibilities. 



Train your boys and girls for the farm and teach them that 

 success in rural endeavor is not only the highest avocation in life 

 for them, but it represents the safety and progress of the nation. 



