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State that does not sell fertilizer according to its guarantee, and that is 

 because of the work of the Experiment Station. 



I wish in closing to again welcome you to the College of Agriculture, 

 and to express to you the hope that we will be able to carry on this 

 Farmers' Week in a way that shall be pleasant and instructive to you. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



(T. C. Wilson, Secretai-y Board of Agriculture.) 



The part that I am called upon to fill at this 

 time is both embarrassing and painful. It is always 

 embarrassing for me to attempt to address an audi- 

 ence, especially when that audience exceeds one 

 l)erson. My task today becomes a painful one by 

 reason of the fact that I am here to represent one 

 wliom we all know and all love to honor — one who 

 has for half a century been a leader in agriculture, 

 a preacher and practitioner of modern methods, one 

 whose splendid insight into a far-flung future blazed 



Sec. T C "WilsoH. 



the way for a fuller farm life, not only in Missouri, 

 but throughout the nation — Hon. Norman J. Colman. 



Governor Colman 's place on the program seems peculiarly ap- 

 propriate for the reason that he has served almost continuously on the 

 Board since 1865. All of us are grieved to know that INIr. Colman 's 

 physical condition is such as to preclude his presence here today, and 

 all join in a sincere hope for his speedy recovery, and a still greater 

 lengthening of his long and useful life. 



It is much to your good fortune that we have in reserve for this 

 occasion speakers wdiom you will be delighted to hear. In extending 

 to you a very heartly welcome on behalf of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, I shall not take much time — not if my task is to be measured in 

 length by the time given me for preparation. 



We welcome you on this "Farmers Week" occasion. The whole 

 time is yours ; the whole town is yours. Most of you come bringing with 

 you the hope, knowledge and cheer of field and farm — the workshop 

 and the storehouse of the nation, the source of our prosperity and the 

 promise of our perpetuity. We welcome you as the tried and true 

 representatives of the highest type of our national life. We welcome 

 you as the personification of all that is purest and loveliest in the treasure 

 house of childhood's memories. For there is no memory half so sweet to 



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