60 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



out in a generation or two generations. I believe he had an eye to the 

 babies that are coming hundreds of years from now, to be fed and sus- 

 tained by the soil of Iowa. Therefore, we look to the soil of Iowa for 

 our great permanent asset. Des Moines without Iowa is nothing. Iowa 

 could have another Des Moines, if it was out of existence. The difference 

 between the soil and the mine is this: When you take something out of 

 the mine, there is that much less. The farmer is the creator, a creator, 

 not in making something out of nothing, but in making values out of pre- 

 existing material, the abundant, superabundant, moisture, sunshine and 

 heat. Every blade of grass, every pig and calf, is a new creation, fresh 

 from the hand of God. 



It is our business and your business to create out of the sunshine and 

 heat, and the electrical currents, food for the hungry nations. And how 

 much food you will create, how well you will dischai-ge that duty, how 

 well the farmer shall prosper, depends altogether upon the education 

 which this association furnishes, comprising, as it does, the professors of 

 the Iowa colleges, the editors of agricultural papers, manufacturers, mem- 

 bers of farmers' associations, and of the great breeding associations; upon 

 these, I say, the future prosperity of this State depends for all time. 



Therefore, friends, it is a great pleasure for me to welcome the rep- 

 resentative men who stand for this future developmnt of the State. I do 

 not know of any other men, or any other class of men, whether kings or 

 potentates, or presidents, or members of congress, who are so worthy of a 

 welcome to the city of Des Moines as the members of this association. 

 Therefore we meet you with glad hands. We are glad to see you, as we 

 are glad to see other representatives of the great business interests of the 

 State of Iowa. We have had an astonishing period of prosperity. We 

 know it is here, and we hope it is here to stay. I am sure that to a 

 great extent depends upon the people you represent, who till the fair lands 

 of the State of Iowa. Gentlemen, I give you a hearty and cordial welcome. 



The President: The response to the address of welcome will 

 be made bv Senator B. "W. Newberry. 



ADDRESS. 



SEX.\TOK B. W. XEWBERRV. STRAWBEKRY POINT, lA. 



Mr. President: On behalf of the members of this institute, represent- 

 ing the great agricultural interests of our State, I have the pleasure to 

 voice their great appreciation for the generous welcome to this Capital 

 City — the mecca for all great gatherings of lowans, so fittingly and elo- 

 quently extended by one of Iowa's favorite speakers and leading agricul- 

 tural journalist. 



Agriculture has always been the greatest of our established industries, 

 but agriculture is more than an industry; it is a progressive science. Our 

 government is lending its powerful aid in promoting and extending all 

 lines of this great industry, with the purpose "to make two blades of 

 grass grow where one grew before" or where none grew at all. 



