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shoulders to tlie work we can make the station invaluable to 

 every department of agriculture. 



As an illustration as to the want of help and co-operation, the 

 subject of frosted wheat is one of vital importance to at least one- 

 half the people of Minnesota. The great wheat interests of the 

 state have met with a terrible check by the effects of frost and 

 rust. Thinking it was necessary to get reliable information on 

 this subject I j)ublished an article in Farm, Stock and Home stat- 

 ing some facts in regard to it, asking farmers to send us samples 

 for analysis and experiment. Now, gentlemen, I waited until 

 the last week in December and I got responses from three men, 

 and out of the great wheat belt of Minnesota I got four samples 

 of frosted wheat. That is a specimen of the interest farmers 

 seem to take in this work. The only way to get the samples was 

 to send Dr. Lugger right up along the different lines of railway 

 where the greatest injury was reported, to let him go right out 

 among the farmers, gather the samples and bring them down to 

 us. Now, that is not the kind of help we are looking for among 

 the agriculturists and horticulturists of Minnesota. Will you 

 not take hold now and help us? As I say, the station will be a 

 success, or a failure, in proportion as it meets with encourage- 

 ment at your hands. 



Mr. Pearse. I want to say that I have just been to the farm 

 and have examined every department, including the new agri- 

 cultural school; have been through from cellar to garret. I 

 have examined every department of the work. Gentlemen, I 

 will tell you right here that if there was capacity in the build- 

 ing there would be no difficulty in getting three hundred stu- 

 dents in the school. I have never seen a more desirable place 

 for a farmer's boy to obtain an education and get such informa- 

 tion as properly pertains to his calling. Every department of 

 agriculture is thoroughly treated; mechanical education is also 

 conducted. It is necessary for farmers to understand the hand- 

 ling of tools. I was gratified in finding such perfect system in 

 each department, and to find the boys there so entirely satisfied 

 and pleased with the instruction they are receiving. 



Mr. Grimes. I was over the farm last summer and examined 

 the buildings. I was there again to-day, and I was very much 

 pleased with what I saw. We were in the school room and 

 everything seemed to be going on nicely. The superintendent 

 showed us through the different rooms, and everything was in 

 complete order. At the greenhouses we saw the plants, the 



