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through his studies at school and college, he would send him 

 to some professional school, so that when he entered the pro- 

 fession which he had chosen, he would be prepared to take as 

 good a position as any other young man in it. If he has 

 another son who elects to remain upon the farm, he should 

 stand on the same footing ; he should be fitted for the voca- 

 tion he has chosen, and he should have the advantages of a 

 thorough practical education given to him. That is just the 

 place which this Storrs Agricultural School is designed to 

 fill, and it is just that place which it does fill. I only want to 

 say a few words to the farmers here to arouse them, if I can, 

 to a realization of that fact. If you have any doubt of it, go 

 and investigate for yourselves ; examine the school itself. 

 You will be welcomed there, nothing will be hidden from you, 

 and we shall be glad to show you the results that have been 

 already attained. No one has visited that institution with 

 the purpose of making an honest inquiry who has not come 

 away impressed with its importance. "What we want from 

 the farms is the bright, active boys ; boys of bright minds and 

 rural tastes. In making the selection of the boys to remain 

 on the farm, it should not be on the line of lack of intelli- 

 gence, by any means, because the farmer should be as intelli- 

 gent as any one, but the selection should run on the line of a 

 taste for rural affairs, a taste for rural life, for the influences 

 and interests and capabilities of rural life. You see the indi- 

 cations of that very early in life, and that boy should have, 

 as I said before, all the advantages that would be given to 

 one who should select a professional career. 



I might go on and elaborate this thought considerably, but 

 what the farmers can do, in very brief terms, is this : In 

 the first place, inform themselves fully in regard to this insti- 

 tution ; and, in the second place, use it to honor their own 

 profession and to give the boys who are to succeed them on 

 the farm an equal chance with those who go into any other 

 vocation. (Applause.) 



The Chairman. Mr. Terrell of Middlefield, visited the 

 school last winter and can give us some of the impressions 

 that he received from his visit. 



