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Ul^l'AllTIVlF.NT OV AGRICULTURE. 



317 



J. H. Ledy, Marion. 



Amos B. Lehman, Payetteville. 



L. W. Lighty, East Berlin. 



Jolin T. McDonald, Delhi, N. Y. 



M. S. McDowell, State College. 



Prof. Franklin Menges, York. 



C. D. Northrop, Klkland. 



Henry W. Northup, Glenburn. 



T. E. Orr, Beaver. 



James Y. Fatten, New Castle. 



J. H. Peachy, Belleville. 



Hon. Thomas J. Philips, Atglen. 



W. H. H. Riddle, Butler. 



Oliver D. Schock, Hamburg. 



R. S. Seeds, Birmingham. 



Hon. Jason Sexton, North Wales. 



W. H. Stout, Pinegrove. 



Prof. H. A. Surface, State College. 



Dr. I. A. Thayer, New Castle. 



F. J. Wagner, Harrison City. 



Samuel W. H. Waltz, Williamsport. 



Prof. Geo. C. Watson, State College. 



Prof. R. L. Watts, Scalp Level. 



R. J. Weld, Sugargrove. 



Col. John A. Woodward, Howard. 



Tlie CHAIRIMAX: Tlic next business on the program is "A Word 

 of Greeting," by Hon. A. L. Martin, Director of Institutes. 



Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you this 

 evening. Hon. A. L. Martin, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and 

 i>irector of Instiiiit(^s, who has taken such an active interest in our 

 Institute work. 



ADDRESS OF HON. A. L. MARTIN. 



Mr. Chairman and Friends: I would be false to 1113- feelings 

 should I fail, in a few words, to express some of the motives which 

 has prompted me to address you for a moment or two this evening. 

 I have a very vivid recollection of the first Annual "Round-up Meet- 

 ing" of the Farmers' Institute workers, which was held at Blooms- 

 burg. A pretty green looking farmer from Western Pennsylvania 

 was there and he formed the acquaintance of a large number of 

 men who then, as well as now, had local charge of Farmers' Insti- 

 tutes in Pennsylvania. I remember that meeting more especially 

 because of the events which have followed it ; realizing as I then did, 

 and I now do, to some degree, the importance of the work in ha,nd; 

 and realizing the warm grip of the hand which you men gave me 

 there and -the few words which passed between us that day. 



To-day we have the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Institute Mana- 

 gers and Lecturers, and as we look back over the four years past, 

 it is certainly with some degree of satisfaction that we can meet 

 face to face to discuss the great problems with which we have to 

 do. We may look back and learn from the lessons of the past some 

 things by which we may improve in the future. But whatever this 

 may be, my friends, I assure you that had it not been for the wise, 

 considerate and manly counsel which you men gave me from time 

 to time regarding the work, not only in your own county, but 

 throughout the State, many more mistakes would have been made. 



In the outset of my remarks I want; to say this to you as County 

 Chairmen of Institutes: The success and the advancement that 

 will attend these Farmers' Institutes in Pennsvh^ania if our lives are 



