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years that have passed. We bless thee for our heritage and 

 for our present opportunities. We bless thee, O God, for 

 the government under which we live, and for the peace and 

 concord in which we dwell, and that our efforts have gone out 

 into the ends of the earth, bringing bread to the hungry, food 

 to all those that have wandered in ignorance, raising them up, 

 and thus making us an influence for the betterment of man- 

 kind. We beseech thee, O God, that thy blessing may rest 

 upon this society, and especially upon these men who are 

 to speak to this gathering upon this occasion. May the spirit 

 of wisdom rule us. May we have minds open to instruct us 

 so that we may understand all the laws by which thou bringest 

 about the seasons of fruitfulness, and how the earth may be 

 made rich and beautiful as a habitation for thy children. May 

 we know how to overcome evil and difificulties that may beset 

 us in the prosecution of that work that is so closely allied to 

 thine own created doings. Give unto those who are to speak 

 the ability to speak wisely and well, and unto those who shall 

 hear an understanding of all that may be said, and guide us all 

 to the end that thine own glory may be magnified, through our 

 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in whose name we make all 

 of our petitions. Amen. 



The Secretary. I have the pleasure now of introducing 

 to you, ladies and gentlemen, His Honor, ]\Iayor Mulvihill oi 

 this city. 



Mayor Mulvihill. Mr. Chairman, Governor McLean, 

 and gentlemen of this assembly: I have much pleasure in 

 meeting here with this body of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 a body created by law for the advancement of agricultural edu- 

 cation and the general promotion of the farming industry 

 throughout the State. So important are those interests, and 

 the duties of your Board, that His Honor our Governor has 

 been made by law one of your members, and it affords me 

 much pleasure to welcome him and you to the Park City. Our 

 State owes much to the farmer. Farming has ever been one 



