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going to say I would pay the National debt. But I am going to 

 say to you that your thousands of acres in that, embrace land tlian 

 which in the United States there is not a better prospect for growing 

 (he vegetables that the world consumes, than this old swamp, if it 

 were underdrained; but you are going to cover it with water to 

 help feed some splendid manufacturing plants. That looks all riglit. 

 But here is the question for you to solve; if you underdrain it 

 you will get all the w^ater that is there, won't you, and let it run 

 down into the Shenango and let us dam the Shenango and cultivate 

 this splendid outlook for old Craw^ford county. That runs a little 

 counter to some teachings. It is my conception of it, that is all. 



Gentlemen of Crawford county, you have your own problems to 

 solve. We are here as an organization of the Farmers' Institutes, 

 representing a part of the State Government of Pennsylvania to 

 help you with any of the problems you have. The sessions of this 

 Institute will be open until Thursday night and we trust that you 

 will bring these problems here and let them be freely discusse<l. 

 This is no star chamber association, it is for open and free dis- 

 cussion of all the great problems that confront us in agriculture. 



Now, my friends, I have talked altogether too long. I su])pose 

 I will talk a good deal more at some other sessions of this meeting?; 

 but we are indeed gratified to receive so generous a welcome from 

 Crawford county and we are glad to meet on this beautiful location 

 and I am sure we Avill all go away feeling that it was good for 

 us to be here. I thank you. 



ADDRESS 



By L. W. LICHTT, East Berlin, Pa. 



Director Martin, Mr. Chairman of the Chamber of Com- 



merce, Mr. McMaster, Mr. Campbell: I certainly want to 

 thank you very heartily, thank you for myself, and thank you for the 

 State Board of Agriculture, the members of the Institute Committees 

 of the various counties and Institute lecturers for your kind words. 

 You know words of welcome when we come into a strange country 

 are ahvays very pleasant. Nevertheless, I want to say that I do 

 not feel as though I was in a strange country; I rather feel at 

 home in Crawford county, possibly because about fifteen or sixteen 

 years ago I came to this county the first time I was far away 

 from home, because I am from that distant county — had never been 

 across the mountains — but the people of the western counties and 

 particularly the people of Crawford county, treated me so roj'ally 

 that I felt at home and I kind of feel at home to day ; I almost felt 

 at home yesterday, even more so to-day, because the sun is shining 

 warmer to-day than it did yesterday and even that is welcoming 

 us as well as your bright smiling faces. 



