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that tickle the palate. This, gentlemen, is what we have here, and 

 as we have it here, and you represent a branch of that institution, we 

 welcome you to our midst. You will always be welcome here. We 

 want men in sympathy with the institution who propose to carry 

 forward and elevate the men, women and children of this Com- 

 monwealth. The work of 700 intelligent and trained men in scien- 

 tific lines in any branch, scattered across this broad Continent or 

 over this Commonwealth, is bound to make its mark. Every young 

 man who graduates with honor from that institution will be felt as 

 an uplifting force in the State, and to-day there are more demands 

 for our graduates than there are men to fill them. This indicates a 

 glorious future for us, and a glorious future for you. 



I know from my own experience, although I am not a farmer, but 

 I have managed a great many farms, I have collected a great many 

 rents^ I have had a great deal to do with a great many tenants, and 

 I have never had a quarrel with one, and I have never had one that 

 failed on any place where I directed him — I do not say this boast- 

 ingly, but I say that with clean-cut, honorable management, your 

 business is as honorable as that of anybody else, and in the hands 

 of men who are qualified, and know what should be known regard- 

 ing men in your position and in your toilsome daily struggles for 

 life there should be no trouble, but every man will be your friend 

 and you will be the friend of every one of these men. 



One great trouble among farmers is that the landlords, as a rule, 

 are exorbitant; they make hard lines for their people. I always say, 

 if my tenant lives well, I live well. I would rather see my tenant live/ 

 well; for if he gets along well, he will be better satisfied and have 

 more incentive to do his part. If he gets in a hole, my rule has been, 

 to pull him out. I have one tenant to-day on a property where his 

 father had been a tenant under me for almost fifty j'ears, and his 

 wife took the place after him, and he is there to-day^ and has as fine 

 a farm as one could wish^ and made it on that property. His brother 

 graduated from one of our finest colleges in the State last year. 

 They talk about the trouble in getting labor on the farm. What do 

 you think I saw there? I saw those boys and their cousins, and they 

 were all on that farm, cutting grain, reaping, mowing, binding and 

 following the reaper. That is the kind of influence you want, and 

 you must get that through your schools; you must get that through 

 your influence in the home; must get that by teaching your children 

 that it requires scientific knoweldge, a superior knowledge of soils 

 and how to cultivate them, when and how to sow; and whenever 

 you teach that you will go on and find out that there are higher and 

 better rewards for your children on the farm than have ever been 

 secured. I did not intend to say as much as this, but I have tried 

 to discharge the duty imposed upon me as well as T could off-hand. 



