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or girl leaves the farm is tlie education they receive. From the 

 time they enter the common schools, everything draws away from 

 the farm. They are taught the difference between Apothecaries' 

 weight and Troy measure but nothing that pertains to farm life 

 Dr. Schaeft'er and Dean Hunt are both trying to introduce into our 

 schools some of the studies that will tend to develop the interest 

 of the child in farm life, and farm work, and will enable him to 

 utilize them on the farm as well as in commercial life. I believe 

 the time will come when the essentials of agriculture will be taught 

 in the public schools, so that oiily the scientific side of it will be 

 necessary to be studied in our Agricultural Colleges. The time has 

 passed when it was thought that anything would do for the farmer; 

 the time has come when it is necessary to prepare for farming as 

 well as for commercial or professional life. In order that this may 

 be done, we intend next summer to have a summer school for 

 teachers, where in six or eight weeks, they can learn the elements 

 of agriculture, which they are, in turn, to teach to their pupils the 

 rollowing winter. I want your co-operation in this. I believe it will 

 result in benefit not only to your schools, but to your farms, as 

 well. 



I thank you for this opportunity to say "how do you do?" I hope 

 to meet 3'ou all again in your homes, and especially to see you all 

 up at our lectures at Pennsylvania State College. 



When I saw the Stereopticon here I was in hopes that either Dr. 

 Hunt or Prof. Surface might have something to say to us while I am 

 here. Dr. Hunt can tell yon about our progress in Agriculture up 

 at the College. In another department we are making excellent 

 progress, and this is in Forestry; to this the people have to be 

 educated, but it is a greater work than engineering; forestry is 

 constructive, where engineering is destructive. I wish I could show 

 yx>u the way, so that you could see how much forestry is doing 

 towards making our rivers navigable. But I must not exceed the 

 patience of my long-suffering friend, Mr. Herr. 



REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. 



In presenting this report at tliis time, we deem it necessary to 

 refer to a few things that have been accomplished in the past year, 

 due, we believe, in a great measure to the persistent efforts of this 

 State Board, by their endorsement, and the sentiment they have 

 created in favor of measures which we firmly believe will be the 

 most efficient way of accomplishing what w^e want. For a number 

 of years we advocated giving greater privileges to trolley cars, and 

 for a two cent rate on our railroads, &c. 



Among the Bills passed by the General Assembly, favorable to 

 farmers, we wish to name the new Feeding Stuffs Law, which is 

 more stringent than its predecessor; the law requiring a chemical 

 analysis of Paris Green, and establishing a standard which it must 

 measure up to; the Meat Inspection Law, without which the Federal 

 inspected meats from the West would have wiped out our homes 

 dressed meat; the law requiring the wearing of metal tags by dogs 

 on which license has been paid is not stringent enough, in our 

 opinion. 



