No. 6. DEPARTMENT UF AGRICULTURE. 563 



Depai'tiiUMil lia\c' at Irast one s{)eakc'r wherever an institute is held 

 thai this scah' may hv so [troniinentlv brought before the people, 

 so fully described and the methods of handling it so plainly given, 

 all the formula be so aceurately given that the average farmer will 

 fully understand. 



To fill this most important office, select such men as are thoroughly 

 conversant with the subject; not theorists. We are facing too 

 great a danger to depend upon theory and science alone. We must 

 have the practical knowledge. Let these men be selected without 

 fear or favor. 



Put them under a rigid examination even to a field demonstration, 

 the mixing and compounding the ingredients, to convince you that 

 they are fully competent. Let it be such men as you know are suc- 

 cessfully destroying this foe and capable of handling every depart- 

 ment of horticulture. 



As further aid, let the Department give field demonstrations in 

 every county in the State, that the farmer can become acquainted 

 with the practical side of the business. 



At 3.30 P. M. the Governor of the Commonwealth was announced 

 by Chairman Sexton. 



The CHAIRMAN: It gives me pleasure to introduce to you Gov- 

 ernor Peunypacker, and it gives me greater pleasure to say that 

 he is a farmer of my own county. I will declare a recess of ten 

 minutes in order to give you opportunity to shake hands with him. 



After the recess, Governor Peunypacker presided. 



The PRESIDENT: The next paper will be read by Mr. J. H. Ledy, 

 of Marion, Pa. 



MR. LEDY: I thought when Dr. Funk was speaking about pro 

 tecting your eyes with a pair of goggles that you should also pro- 

 tect your head with some covering, especially if you have bald heads 

 like some of the men in this audience. I scarcely know what to 

 add to what has been said. These gentlemen have so thoroughly 

 discussed this question that there seems to be very little left for 

 me to say. I have prepared a paper and from the communication I 

 had with our Secretary, I was informed that I was to say a few 

 words about fruit culture and wind up with the Scale; but I think 

 the scale business has been wound up. I want to say, before I 

 start with this paper, a word about the spraying outfit. I use a 

 little different engine than Dr. Funk. The one I use is run by 

 natural gas. This is the kind I use (motioning up and down with 

 the hand.) 



Mr. Ledy then read his papcu- as follows: 



