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always young enough to learn, and ought Lo bo always trying to 

 learn, and I would like to have a subject suggested by somebody 

 that would show to the people the difference between intelligent 

 farming, and ignorant or uneducated farming. If they would see 

 the difference, it seems to me they would be aroused and be willing 

 to learn. At present they are asleep. 



The Apostle Paul, in one of his discourses, told men to awake 

 out of their sleep and arise from the dead. When you come to talk 

 to the farmers, a light comes from Harrisburg and from the State 

 College, so that anybody who desires to have a farmer's education 

 can get it. 



These things are very important. That is one subject that I hope 

 somebody will frame up so it will not be a question but cause them 

 to know that they don't know enough, don't know anything, scarcely, 

 and that they will try to get the education that they can get by 

 making an effort. 



There are other subjects. One question we want to mention, is to 

 keep before the people the problem of public roads. We have the 

 worst public roads perhaps of any other state in the Union; I mean 

 of the older states. Then another question is the high school, or the 

 concentration of the township schools. We want that kept before 

 the people because it is important. Then we want a better class 

 of live-stock; more thoroughbred stock we need in our State, and 

 especially in Blair county where I am well acquainted. We need 

 all these things. A more thorough cultivation of the soil is very im- 

 portant. I am satisfied that the soil is not as well cultivated up in 

 Blair county as it is in this county of Chester, judging from what 

 I have seen in looking over the farms here as I have passed along 

 the public road during these two days. 



I did not expect to make a long talk; I didn't intend to talk at all 

 unless I was called out. I am not accustomed to public speaking, 

 but I desired to say these few things. I am much pleased with our 

 meeting. It has been grand ever since we have been here together. 

 I consider these the best meetings we have during the year, these 

 round-up meetings. The Agricultural Department of Pennsylvania 

 is doing the very best of work, and the State College, just look what 

 it is doing; look at the work that comes out from there, and the 

 Grange; look what that is doing. The distribution of literature is 

 wonderful at this age, and there is nobody doing any better than 

 our agricultural department; nobody is doing any better than the 

 College in that line, and the opportunity for the chairmen to do 

 good work is to receive these publications and spread them among 

 the people. 



