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both ways and I feel when I go out into the work of the Farmers' 

 Institutes I endeavor to put into my work the very best that T can. 

 I feel that mv ellorts are feeble along that line luauv times, hut 

 I oft-times feel tliat if I were able to give to the State of Pennsyl- 

 vania and its agriculture and those with whom I come in contact, 

 as much as I have received in the work, then I should feel that I 

 have accomplished a great measure of success; but I am sure I 

 will never be able to give out as much as I have received, in this 

 work. If 3'ou will come over, any and all who can, you will find 

 a hearty welcome when you come to Woodbine Farm and we are 

 Trying to f)ut into practice there the results of what we have found 

 out in our work on the farm. 



Let me sav in closing. In mv contact with institute work in 

 the State of Pennsylvania, in my contact with institute workers 

 in quite a number of other states, I can safely say that I think in 

 broad-minded spirit and in ability to look at the great questions of 

 agriculture from every side, that I know of no body of men and 

 women in this country to-day that take the broad-minded and all- 

 sided view of the great agricultural questions that is taken by the 

 great agricultural institute workers of the United States in general, 

 and I know that that especially holds good in the State of Pennsyl- 

 vania. I am not going to find fault with the specialist or anything 

 of that kind. The specialist is a useful man and has accomplished 

 a great work in Pennsylvania and in this country to day but you 

 know and I know that many times the man that specializes intensely, 

 where he may know a whole about his particular special line, it 

 is not always possible for him to see the relationship of his special 

 problem to the other problems in general and because of his in- 

 ability to see his ]>roper relationship in this light, he does not grasp 

 the full situation sometimes that is grasped by the man who does 

 not devote himself so closely along one special line. 



Now a word as to the future work of the institute. I hope 

 that this meeting here — I know this work will be constructive be- 

 cause we have great opportunities and great possibilities along this 

 line and great problems yet to be worked out and great work to 

 be done by the Farmers' Institute workers of the State of Penn- 

 sylvania. I am aware in some states that there are tliose to-day 

 who would undertake to say that the Farmers' Institute movement 

 of our country has accomplished its work and should be abandoned. 

 A few months ago I heard a man undertake to hold the funeral 

 obsequies of the Farmers' Institute work of the United States, and 

 right then and there I was reminded of that old saying of Gordon 

 Graham, that the first requisite of a quiet funeral was to have a 

 willing corpse, and you know as well as I that the corpse in Penn- 

 sylvania is not by any means willing. We welcome you because 

 of the work yet to be done by the Farmers' Institute of Pennsyl- 

 vania. I want to welcome you, County Chairmen, because of the 

 many kindnesses and courtesies you have extended to me as I have 

 been with you in the various counties, and perhaps there is not 

 another State in the Union to-day that has a similar body of men, 

 willing to serve without pay, giving one to four weeks of their time 

 to the advancement of the agriculture of our great Commonwealth 

 without any pay whatever, in order that this work may go on. It 

 certainly speaks well for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it 



