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effect ; therefore it does not seem to me that the expediency or 

 inexpediency of that is a matter to be discussed. We have got 

 to wait and see what will be the result of that experiment or 

 that law. I have not a word to say about it. I have listened 

 with great interest to the gentlemen who have spoken on this 

 subject ; but it will not do for us to flatter ourselves in regard 

 to what we are going to do with the boy until the child is born. 

 The child is not in being yet. I want to see the child born. I 

 want to see the Commonwealth safely delivered of this child, 

 that we have been hoping would come into being. I will bow 

 down and worship him when he comes, and my only hope is, 

 that Professor Chadbourne will usher him in. 



Mr. Stedman. I cannot agree that the present number of 

 the Board of Trustees is so large as to impede the progress of 

 the college and make it unsuccessful. How has it been with the 

 Board of Agriculture ? Have you ever heard of any quarrel 

 among its members, or has it gained ground during these years 

 of its existence ? And yet it is composed of twice as many per- 

 sons as the Board of Trustees of the college. The Board of 

 Agriculture is composed of one member from each society. I 

 have full confidence, Mr. President, that the Agricultural Col- 

 lege has now been placed in such a situation that it will go into 

 successful operation. It is true that I have been in a minority. 

 I was opposed to its location at Amherst, but I have never 

 desired to impede its progress ; and however much my faith 

 may have wavered at times with regard to its ultimate success, 

 I am fully confident that it will now go into speedy and pros- 

 perous operation. 



With regard to the other question, how we are to keep young 

 men upon the farm after we have educated them, I do not 

 believe that it is important for us to discuss it. Enthusiasm will 

 do a good deal, undoubtedly ; but suppose they do not remain 

 upon the farm, the education has not hurt them. But, as has 

 been intimated, and as we all know to be true, every man in 

 professional life has a desire at some time to settle upon a farm ; 

 and a great many, after having accumulated a competency in 

 other pursuits, have bought farms, on which they have expended 

 a great deal of money. And what has become of them ? In 

 many cases the farm becomes a source of discomfort, anxiety 

 and perplexity, and they find themselves in a worse tangle than 



