LIVE STOCK BREEDERS. I'JJ 



I wish to make another statement. I have always been an econo- 

 mist. I had the honor to serve my county two terms in the Legislature 

 and I take pride in saying that I always favored judicious economy. I 

 favored the same kind of economy that I favor in my own expenses, my 

 own investments. Now of all the men that you know, business men or 

 farmers, it is not the man who spends the least money thai is the best 

 business man, but it is the man who spends his money in a way that 

 brings him the best returns. The theory in this State that we want to 

 get appropriations down to the lowest limit is not the best business pol- 

 icy, but the best business policy is that the money shall be so spent as to 

 bring the State the greatest amount in return for what is spent. That 

 is a fair business proposition. That is what you do in your own private 

 business and that is what the State should do, and I believe that the 

 start has been made here today; and if the men here will consider this 

 matter properly and let the Legislature know what they think about it, I 

 believe we are just as certain to get that appropriation, and I believe 

 that you are just as certain to reap one hundred cents profit for every 

 dollar that you put into it in full value returned as you are to know that 

 the appropriation is made, and I hope to see not only this resolution 

 adopted, but I hope to see the appropriation made. 



Prof. Mumford : I hesitate somewhat to say anything on this ques- 

 tion for various reasons. But it is a question which I need not say to 

 you I have thought about and worked over more than any other question 

 that has ever come before me. You heard last night about some of the 

 things that the Agricultural College and Experiment Station has been 

 trying to do for the farmers. Some very useful work has been done, and 

 yet unfortunately that the College and Station is hampered. Our prog- 

 ress in the University is judged more by the farm and live stock of our 

 Agricultural College than all the laboratories and the fine museums of 

 classical archaeology that the University possesses. Our greatest in- 

 fluence is lost on account of the fact that we have not the necessary equip- 

 ment, particularly on the farm, and the live stock. 



There is just one other thing that I want to say. The appropria- 

 tions in Illinois and Iowa have been mentioned. Who do you suppose has 

 been responsible for the appropriations in Illinois and Iowa? Who got 

 these appropriations ? The farmers and breeders of the state of Illinois 

 simply took hold of the appropriations and went to the Legislature and 

 said to them : "We want this money for building up the Agricultural Col- 

 lege," and the University of Illinois would have been where it was for 

 twenty years, without any equipment, if the farmers had not taken hold of 

 it. The Agricultural College of the State of Missouri will be just as good 

 an institution as the farmers are willing to make it. We can get all the 



