No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 493 



The CHAIR: All favoring the motion to endorse this bill will 

 please vote aye. The motion seems to be carried; the motion is car- 

 ried, and the bill is endorsed by the Board. 



MR. CLARK: I wish to ask leave to offer a resolution at this 

 time. 



The resolution was read by Mr. Clark as follows: 



Whereas, We recognize the importance of the fruit industry in 

 the State and the great possibilities for its development; 



Resolved, That we favor the establishment of a Division of Horti- 

 culture in the Department of Agriculture as provided by the State 

 Horticultural Association. 



The resolution was adopted. 



MR. HUTCHISON: We have with us here a gentleman who is 

 doing a great deal for the cause of agricultural education through- 

 out the State, by publishing one of the best agricultural papers that 

 is published under the sun, Mr. Harman, of Pittsburg, who delivered 

 such a nice address at Bellefonte. I would like to hear him. 



The CHAIR: I take pleasure in presenting to you Mr. Harman, of 

 Pittsburg, connected with the National Stockman. 



MR. HARMAN: Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen of the State Board 

 of Agriculture; I appreciate very much youf kind invitation. I have 

 really nothing of interest to say; it takes me about six months to 

 write a fifteen minutes' speech and then it is not worth anything 

 when I get through, but I would like to say something in regard to 

 this State Fair bill. I am glad you adopted that resolution with 

 almost a unanimous vote. Possibly those who voted against it 

 have a good fair at home and didn't want to hurt it. I don't know 

 anything about that; that is sometimes the case. I am a Pennsyl- 

 vanian you know, by choice. Most of you are Pennsylvanians be- 

 cause you couldn't help yourselves; you were born in the State. I 

 came from Ohio; that is not very far west, not near as far west as 

 our distinguished friend Lovejoy. He's from Illinois. We have 

 other W^estern men here, but to me the State Fair business is an 

 extremely interesting body. In my business I am compelled to 

 travel all over the United States nearly, during the State Fair sea- 

 son, and have visited all the State fairs from St. Louis east. I think 

 I have seen them all, and it really makes me heart-sick when I strike 

 a man in Ohio, Illinois or Indiana who asks me how their fair com- 

 pares with the State Fair of Pennsylvania. 



I very seldom tell a lie, but on occasions of that kind, I must con- 

 fess I lie a little bit — just a little bit. I want to say right here, and 

 I don't want to take a minute of your time longer than necessary, 

 but I want to say to every member here of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture and to every man who has any influence whatever, that you 

 can't do anything better than to work for this State Fair bill, and 

 get it through and make a success of it. 



If every farmer in Pennsylvania could have the pleasure of 

 visiting the State Fairs in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, there would 



