No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 135 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



State Department of Agriculture Hon. Jno. Hamilton. 



Department of Public Instruction, Dr. N. C. Schaeffer. 



Pennsylvania State College, Col. Jno. A. Woodward. 



State Grange, M. N. Clark. 



State Alliance A. G. Brown, Jr 



Dairy Union , S. F. Barber. 



State Agricultural Society Hon. Hiram Young. 



State Horticultural Association Prof. S. B. Heiges. 



State Breeders' Association W. H. H. Riddle. 



State Poultry Association I. D. Nevins. 



Guernsey Breeders' Association Jno. I. Carter. 



Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Club, W.F.Wagner. 



State Board of Agriculture R. J. Weld. 



lu ihe estinialiou of your coiumittee this was oue of the most im- 

 portant meetings ever lield in this State in the interest of agricul- 

 tural education, and we never saw at any meeting of representative 

 farmers, such perfect unanimity of sentiment. There was no clash- 

 ing of interest, no exhibition of jealousy, but each one vied with his 

 neighbor in urging on the good cause, and each resolution received 

 Ihe unanimous and hearty support of the entire meeting. 



Eespectfully submitted, 



GABRIEL HIESTER. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Edge. — As this report recommends the appropriation of sev- 

 eral distinct amounts for different purposes, I would suggest that 

 Mr. Hiester designate the most important, and that special effort 

 b > made to have favorable action by the Legislature. 



Mr. Hiester. — I think the committee has already designated Which 

 are most necessary. While the State has been very liberal in some 

 respects toward the State College, the agricultural students have 

 been so cramped for room during the past two or three years that 

 many have been turned away. I think the time has come when 

 agricultural students should have similar accommodations to those 

 flemished students in engineering and other branches. 



Mr. Edge. — There is no doubt the College ought to have a dairy 

 bTiIding. 



Mr. J. A. Horr. — A great deal of abuse has been heaped upon the 

 St.'i tc TolJege. They have a school of three or four hundred students, 

 a >:mail proportion of whom are in the agricultural building. A few 

 thousand dollars have been spent on this building, while on the 

 building devoted to engineering several hundred thousand have 

 been expended. It looks as if agriculture was only being made a 

 secondary study, but it is not neglected. We want and need and 

 demand the aid asked for. 



