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before he had the matter well in hand, his head was cut off, and 

 another put in his place. 



Scarcely had we become acquainted with Prof. Clark, and he with 

 us and with the work of the State, ere his head, too, was taken off. 

 Prof. Clark had instituted a series of experiments which no one could 

 carry out so well as he; and it does seem to me that not the least grain 

 of common sense is used in the management of matters at the Station, 

 especially in horticulture. 



Prof. Clark, as we all know, was an earnest worker and a compe- 

 tent man, and why a change should be made without reason, we have 

 a right to know. No series of experiments can be so well carried out 

 by another as by the one who has them in mind, and so we have never 

 had any results whatever from the work there, and never will until the 

 horticultural department is put upon its proper footing, and a line of 

 work is laid out to follow for a series of years. Today we have men 

 in our Society who have done more in this line of study than the whole 

 Experiment Station, and our Station costs $15,000 per year. Until a 

 fund is set apart for the work and a line of work laid out to be followed, 

 there will be no successful work accomplished. 



No live energetic man will undertake the work without a murmur, 

 if he is to be hedged about on all sides by other views and other men. 

 If he is the man for the place, then give him his share of money and 

 let him lay out his work accordingly, and then follow it. It is because 

 Prof. Clark did this that he was relieved of his position. No man of 

 spirit would have done less, and no one could do more than he with 

 his hands tied, or with the means at his disposal. 



I say now as I have said time and again, that we will never have a 

 successful Agricultural College or Experiment Station while the Col- 

 lege is connected with the University, or is located at Columbia. There 

 seems to be the idea, and it is true, that the Agricultural College is a 

 good thing for the University, and they will keep it there for that pur- 

 pose as long as the people will consent. 



It is a disgrace to our State and will always be a disgrace as long 

 as it is in its present shape. We should as horticulturists call loudly 

 and long, in season and out, for the removal, and then we will see suc- 

 cess. 



Our Society is one of continual growth and increased power. In 

 spite of the small delegation we have present; we know well the reason 

 and it is easily excused. But I must say to all of you that we have 

 had no more earnest work, or any of more practical value, than has 



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