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be thevery best investment to which he can put his time, 

 and whatever money it costs, — it does not cost very much. 

 That seems to me to be a practical way in which the farmers 

 and the people of our state who are interested in the school 

 can further its purpose and help us. Give us the very best 

 material in tliis state, twenty or thirty young men — perhaps 

 we can accommodate more, if they crowd upon us — and we 

 will try to do the best we can. Give us the best material you 

 can to work upon, and we will turn out something that will 

 demonstrate the value and usefulness of the institution. 



Mr. . Must not a young man who lias graduated from 



that school receive additional compensation ? Are there not 

 plenty of men in this state who would pay a man something 

 extra if he can use his brains as well as his hands ? I think 

 the reason we have all failed so often is because we have hired 

 ignorant help, and been too much afraid of soiling our hands. 

 I think we want intelligent help. I hope no farmer in this 

 state will allow his lips to lisp the word " fail " in regard to 

 this school. 



Mr. Lazeby, of Broad Brook. Napoleon said that it was 

 the life and glory of France that her people were an agri 

 cultural people, and he spent his money liberally toward 

 the agricultural education of the French people. If that 

 could be truthfully said of France in the days of Napoleon, it 

 can with greater truth be said of this country to-day, for I see 

 that in 1881, " Young America " exported $175,000,000 worth 

 of meat, and 8125,000,000 worth of grain — making $600,- 

 000,000 for these two items alone, to say nothing of butter, 

 cheese, and a score of other articles that might be mentioned, 

 that would, in my opinion, swell the amount to -M ,000,000,000. 

 I have noticed in the papers, within a few days, that our 

 three per cent, bonds sell higher than the consols of England 

 — a small fraction higher. It is the 1600,000,000 of exports 

 that have brought about that result. It is astonishing Eng- 

 land, and we would not have thought it possible forty years 

 ago. 



Speaking of agriculture, I have worked in Connecticut 



