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teaching of agiiculture to our fainiers' boys in all of its branches, 

 and instead of asking for the paltry sum of |50,000, |100,000 would 

 be nearer the mark and should be demanded, and the present pros- 

 perous condition of our State's finances would and will warrant such 

 expenditure if our lawmakers could only see it, and the necessity 

 for it. We deplore the fact that our agricultural college and 

 school should have been permitted to lag in the rear because of the 

 lack of necessary appropriations to push forward the work. Let 

 us hope that a more liberal policy will be adopted and such appro- 

 priations made as will place our agricultural college w^here it ought 

 to be, in the front rank among the agricultural schools of our 

 sister states. We also recommend that the Board do what it can 

 to assist the Secretary of Agriculture in trying to secure an addi- 

 tional appropriation of |10,000 for the Farmers' Institute work in 

 spreading agricultural knowledge a,mong the farmers of the State; 

 and, also, to repeal the law and extend the authority of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture to publish farmers' bulletins, not exceeding 

 25,000 copies of any one bulletin; also, to provide that the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture be j)rovided with 8,000 copies of the Annual 

 Keports of the Department for its use. Again, w^e urge the Board 

 to ask for an appropriation of |3,000, or so much of it as may be 

 necessary, to reimburse them for money expended for their neces- 

 sary expenses in attending the annual meetings of the Board. 



In consideration of the fact that our country roads leading to and 

 from the great cities and towns are being covered with a network 

 of electric trolley lines, which, to 90 per cent, of our people, are a 

 great convenience, we are satisfied they would be of much greater 

 use to the farming community w-ere they allowed to carry freight 

 as well as passengers — it would be of untold advantage to the 

 farmer if he could load his produce on a trolley car at his door 

 and deliver it at his stall in the market or direct to the consumer, 

 and that at a much less rate than he could haul it with his own 

 team. Any service this Board can render to bring about these con- 

 ditions will be of untold value to the general public and a God-send 

 to the farmer. 



17—6—1903 



