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he awoke in a rather dazed condition, and said, "Gentlemen, what 

 appears to be the excitement?" We want; these fellows in the 

 farmers' institute thai can wake up men. 



Now as id the topics to be presented. We want all these prac- 

 tical topics on our program to day presented. We can't get along 

 without the dairy, potato growing, and the fertility of the soil and all 

 those topics; we want the educational topics; they must come in. 

 1 wish it was so right in this body, that there would be a dairyman, 

 a fruit man, a potato grower, and all these interests represented 

 and then we shall have good work. 



When you get two or three talking on the same topic, there 

 will be a conilid. What we want is to get at the truth; get at 

 facts through the experience of others. 



The CHAIRMAN: I will call the roll so that all may have an op- 

 portunity to speak. 



Several counties were called and the members either declined to 

 speak or were not present, until Blair county was reached, when Mr. 

 H. L. Harvey, of Kipple, responded as follows: 



MR. HARVEY: Mr. President and Fellow-Farmers: Perhaps 

 there is more of somebody else than there are of farmers. I am not 

 accustomed to speaking in public, but this seems to be one of the im- 

 portant questions. If there is anything I dislike to talk about be- 

 fore the people, it is something I am trying to do myself. I have 

 been endeavoring to fill this position for some years and I have en- 

 joyed the work. It is a glorious work to educate the farmers, as 

 they have the highest calling in the world, and our labors have been 

 harmonious and pleasant. Our masters which we recognize, is the 

 present man that fills the position of an Institute Director in the 

 State. He has made a success of his appointment. We look to him 

 as a good director. He has helped us when we have called upon him 

 to help us and I am glad to say that he has got along very well. In 

 many respects the position is an important one, and to accomplish 

 the best results, it seems to be the hardest thing I have ever under- 

 taken. 



I may talk a little over five minutes; if I do, why call me down. I 

 didn't take my watch out, but I want to say that to get the farmers 

 to meet is the point I want to reach if possible. How shall we do 

 it? There are a class of people in Central Pennsylvania in a num- 

 ber of counties that thiuk they know enough about farming; they 

 tell me so. They say, all we want is the land; when they are as 

 ignorant as boys in reference to the great subject that they are 

 trying to follow. It seems to me that we ought to get something to 

 stir those people from the present position that they occupy, an un- 

 fortunate position, to be satisfied with what they know. We are 



