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been accepted, and I do 

 not think any work has 

 been done on the farm 

 that has not been in the 

 interests of the agricul- 

 tural community. I 

 thank you for your at- 

 tendance here, for the 

 interest you have taken, 

 and for the appreciative 

 remarks I have heard. 



Mr. Menzies, M.L.A., 

 having been called upon 

 to address the visitors, 

 said : — "I was very 

 pleased indeed to hear 

 the Honorable the Trea- 

 surer express the views 

 he has respecting 



economy, which is a word 

 in great vogue in Vic- 

 toria to-day, and I 

 gather, from what he has 

 said, that, after all, 

 what is required is to see 

 that you should receive 

 some return for the 

 money that is being ex- 

 pended. Now, I do not 

 know the feelings of the 

 farmers generally, but I 

 can just give you the im- 

 pression that has been 

 formed in my mind. 

 Wei have only been able 

 to cover very little of 

 what we should like to 

 do in connexion with the 

 work of these farms. I 

 want to see this Govern- 

 ment, or any other, 

 realizing, as we do, the 

 basis upon which we have 

 found our national 

 wealth and our national 

 greatness. Unless we 



get that foundation laid 

 broad and deep, God 

 help the secondary in- 

 terests. I believe I am 

 expressing the views of 

 other members of Par- 



