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  of 
  the 
  

  

  during 
  that 
  period 
  of 
  time. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  entirely 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  producing 
  west 
  as 
  against 
  the 
  producers 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

   This 
  will 
  apply 
  equally 
  as 
  Avell 
  to 
  other 
  farm 
  products. 
  The 
  re- 
  

   sults 
  produced 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  are 
  working 
  against 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   farmer 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  condition 
  of 
  things 
  in 
  other 
  countries 
  is 
  

   operating 
  against 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  farmer 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  

   farmers 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  For 
  instance 
  : 
  The 
  great 
  wheat 
  

   fields 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  Australia 
  and 
  those 
  that 
  bid 
  fair 
  to 
  be 
  

   opened 
  in 
  Siberia, 
  make 
  the 
  prospect 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  farmer 
  

   raising 
  cereals 
  at 
  a 
  profit 
  quite 
  discouraging. 
  He 
  must, 
  in 
  my 
  

   judgment, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  succeed 
  from 
  an 
  agricultural 
  standpoint, 
  

   turn 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  other 
  products, 
  possibly, 
  yes, 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  

   probably, 
  to 
  those 
  that 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  perishable 
  products 
  that 
  can- 
  

   not 
  be 
  transported 
  a 
  great 
  distance, 
  such 
  as 
  fruits, 
  vegetables, 
  

   dairy 
  and 
  meat 
  products 
  and 
  some 
  others. 
  

  

  With 
  this 
  end 
  in 
  view 
  the 
  authorities 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   are 
  doing 
  what 
  they 
  can 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  situation, 
  by 
  causing 
  instruc- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  each 
  year 
  along 
  lines 
  that 
  have 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  help 
  

   the 
  farmer 
  in 
  producing 
  these 
  crops, 
  with 
  the 
  hope 
  in 
  view 
  that 
  

   they 
  will 
  thus 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  stem 
  the 
  tide 
  that 
  is 
  cityward 
  and 
  possi- 
  

   bly 
  turn 
  it 
  back 
  toward 
  the 
  farm. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  they 
  are 
  at- 
  

   tempting 
  to 
  disseminate 
  sufficient 
  scientific 
  agricultural 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  among 
  the 
  people 
  so 
  that 
  farming 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   fession 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  drudgery. 
  To 
  this 
  end 
  we 
  are 
  spending 
  thou- 
  

   sands 
  of 
  dollars 
  per 
  year. 
  

  

  A 
  notion 
  has 
  prevailed 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  heretofore 
  to 
  the 
  eflfect 
  

   that 
  education 
  unfitted 
  a 
  person 
  for 
  farm 
  life: 
  that, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  

   his 
  education, 
  he 
  was 
  bound 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  professions. 
  

   That 
  idea 
  is 
  fast 
  becoming 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  among 
  New 
  York 
  

   farmers, 
  as 
  we 
  now 
  have 
  in 
  our 
  State 
  many 
  young 
  men 
  who 
  are 
  

   well 
  educated 
  who 
  are 
  devoting 
  their 
  knowledge 
  and 
  energies 
  to 
  

   the 
  work 
  of 
  farming, 
  and 
  who 
  take 
  as 
  great 
  pride 
  in 
  it 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   fession. 
  This 
  makes 
  the 
  outlook 
  somewhat 
  brighter, 
  as 
  such 
  

   farmers 
  become 
  business 
  men, 
  keeping 
  books 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  

   an 
  account 
  with 
  their 
  farm. 
  They 
  understand 
  that 
  in 
  order 
  for 
  

  

  