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places, and what is more we want to go to services and have the rest 

 so that we can enjoy the church services and do our duty as Christians 

 as well as lecturers. 



MK. KETvRlCK: I have no fault to find under the present direc- 

 tion of our county institute management. 1 do not know but JJrother 

 Feachey might be insinuating on me; still 1 am not positive. I want 

 fo say for lirother i*eachey and my friend Cornmau and Preacher 

 Cox, they did very etlicient work in liradford county. 



U seems to me that we have been far from the question this after 

 noon, how are we to benetit or better the institute? I am not pre- 

 \ ared to say. 1 think, as has been stated by my friends over on the 

 right, that what we want is to stand together shoulder to shoulder 

 and let the people in the State know that the farmers mean ro stand 

 by their organization. When the members of the agricultural socie- 

 ties and members of the State Board, the Grange, the Farmers Alli- 

 ance, all acting together, come down to the Capitol of this great Com- 

 monwealth united, shoulder to shoulder, the members of that Legisla- 

 ture will understand that we mean business. ^Ve are coming to that, 

 I think, ladies and gentlemen, and 1 want to congratulate my friend, 

 Brother Martin, for the success that he has made out of this agricul- 

 tural society. We had the honor of having him with us in Bradford 

 county and the people remember the lecturer and the Director with a 

 great deal of respect. I assure you, ladies and gentlemen, that the 

 work in Bradford county has resulted for good and I am asked from 

 diti'erent parts of my county for more institutes, showing that we need 

 more mone}' in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to run these 

 institutes so that we can get to the people. Now, gentlemen, let us 

 get down a little closer to the question. 1 would like to hear from 

 some of these older members. I don't know how we might better con- 

 ditions. The thing to do is to get direct to the farmer and get him up 

 to the institute, get him interested in the discussions, in the rations 

 that we feed to the cow and how to produce more corn, more 

 wheat, and so forth. That is what we want to try to do and in 

 managing that matter, if we work it right, we can get them all in- 

 terested. 



As far as Brother Peachey's Saturday evening matter is concerned, 

 I think if he had a good helpmate that there would be no trouble 

 about Saturday evening. Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you. 



PROF. MENGES: Mv. Chairman, I don't think that we have dis- 

 cussed the subject this afternoon but a number of things have come 

 up here that I think we ought to bring to a point. The first thing is 

 the Saturday evening session. I don't think that any of the institute 

 managers want to eliminate the Saturday evening session. I know I 

 don't. I would be mighty glad to get rid of it. That is all right. 

 But if it is for the good of the cause I am willing to sacrifice a whole 

 lot for the cause. That is my idea about it. Now then here is one 

 thing that I have been thinking about it: — Mr. Blyholder brought out 

 the idea — That very often Ave are away out there somewhere in the cor- 

 ner of the county ; no railroad ; no hotel ; and the only possible way of 

 getting out of that place is to drive away on Sunda3\ I have travelled 

 last winter — one time we drove 24 miles on Sunday morning. I don't 



