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his nativity; and when some captious critic of our Agricultural college 

 asks, " What has it done for practical agriculture?" we point to men like 

 Bailey and say, " The investment of our state is bringing forth through 

 the work of these sons of the college a hundred fold, which is turned 

 directly into the lap of practical agriculture." 



In presenting the portrait of Prof. Bailey as the frontispiece to the 

 volume we indicate our recognition of his services to our society and state. 



C. W. GAEFIELD. 



