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Mr. C. L. Smith: I have got eighteen. How will that do? 

 (Applause.) 



Mr. Philips: I am the oldest of sixteen, but I didn't have 

 the chances these boys and girls have had. 



Mr. Harrison: There has been a vegetable overlooked. A 

 few years ago a lady took her puny, sickly daughter to a doctor 

 and asked him about her. The mother didn't exactly understand 

 the prescription, but she thought he said: "Feed her carrots." 

 When she went home she fed her daughter carrots, she boiled 

 them and she baked them and fed them to her daughter. In a 

 month she took her back to the doctor, and she was rosy and 

 plump and full of strength. The mother said : "Your prescrip- 

 tion worked first rate." He was rather dumbfounded, but quietly 

 led her out and found out about it. He had given her some Latin 

 term, and she had understood carrots ; and that was the result. 



This is a vegetable that has been overlooked. It is nutritious 

 and can be raised in immense quantities, and the girls can raise 

 them. You can raise a thousand bushels to the acre. They are 

 very palatable and they bring good prices. Don't overlook it and 

 add it to the assets of the girl. (Applause.) 



The President : We have a splendid example of the wonder- 

 ful work accomplished by the Minnesota Extension College, that 

 is a division of the University Farm. These young people who 

 have given addresses have demonstrated not only their ability, but 

 that they have been educated to say things. Did you notice the 

 ease with which these young people stood before this large audi- 

 ence and told their little stories? Did you notice the splendid 

 language they used, far better than some of us older people that 

 have not had their opportunity. Credit is due their parents to 

 start with, and then it has been the work of our splendid Exten- 

 sion Division. There are thousands of young people throughout 

 the state that are waiting for this opportunity ; some of them have 

 been given it. I presume the young people that have been before 

 us today are only a fair sample of the hundreds of young people 

 that are working along this line. 



I had rather my boy or girl might be possessed of the fine 

 spirit and the knowledge they have displayed along those lines 

 than that they should own a quarter section of land free of charge 

 and not be possessed of that spirit or of that knowledge. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



Vine Crops Seldom Cross. — Many gardeners are afraid to plant musk- 

 melons and cucumbers together for fear of their crossing. These two crops 

 never cross, and if poor quality melons are obtained, this condition must be 

 ascribed to improper cultural conditions, poor seed, or the attacks of disease 

 or insects. Varieties of cucumbers or of muskmelons cross readily among 

 themselves, but never with each other. Neither do either of these crops 

 cross with watermelons, squash or pumpkins. Winter squash and pumpkins 

 will not cross, but summer squash and pumpkins may cross. — "Wis. Horti- 

 culture." 



