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exhibit their work, and the agriculturists, the men who get 

 their living by agriculture in Massachusetts, not to make any 

 exhibit at all? It seems to me that this is all wrong. We 

 can depend, of course, upon individusil enterprise in the 

 matter of exhibiting agricultural machinery. That takes care 

 of itself. Every inventor, every manufacturer of those 

 implements and of all the matters pertaining thereto, will 

 take care of himself by making an exhibit there. There are 

 already applications for space from a number of artisans of 

 that class. In regard to the exhibition of cattle, too, every 

 breeder will probably take care of himself; if he takes pride 

 in being a breeder of Ayrshires, Jerseys or Shorthorns, he 

 will want to maintain his reputation during the fortnight that 

 that class is to be exhibited. If he is a breeder of horses, 

 he will want to be represented during the fortnight that 

 horses are to be exhibited. I do not consider that the state 

 commission is bound to urge those to make an exhibition of 

 their stock, though the commission will encourage, advise 

 and afford all the facilities possible to the gentlemen who 

 make exhibits in those departments. But, for the Common- 

 wealth itself, there is an exhibit that ought to be made in one 

 of the state departments ; and that is, what the agriculture 

 of Massachusetts consists in, — its dairy-farming, its market- 

 gardening, and everything that we deal in as farmers in 

 Massachusetts, ought to be represented, — so that by the side of 

 those enormous displays of large crops from the prairie-lands 

 of the West, w^e can make a neat, pretty, attractive exhibit 

 of the different roots, grains, grasses, fruits, woods, and 

 everything that concerns the interests of agriculture in Massa- 

 chusetts. It should be presented in good taste, so that every 

 one Avho passes by will say, "Well, after all, Massachusetts 

 succeeds, not only in manufacturing cotton and wool, she not 

 only devotes her energies to educating her people, but she 

 reaps in her fields." By the side of the exhibit of our great 

 educational department, which I hope will be as ample and as 

 handsome as we can possibly make it, should be this agricult- 

 ural presentation of Massachusetts. 



Now, gentlemen, not to take up any more of the valuable 

 time which is allotted to other purposes here, I hope I have 

 excited your interest in this matter. The towns where you 



