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gether and published and substantially bound in the annual 

 transactions of the society, making a volume of great value to 

 those who are fortunate enough to receive them. The legislature 

 of Wisconsin is liberal toward agriculture, and the governor, Mr. 

 Eusk, honored the session with his presence, and in a few well- 

 timed remarks assured the farmers that all they had to do was to 

 make their wishes known and they would be complied with; that 

 Wisconsin being an agricultural state the farmers could select 

 such members to the legislature as they chose, and that no gov- 

 ernor would dare to veto any measure that has their indorse- 

 ment. He seemed to believe that though 



"The king may rule o'er land and sea, 

 The lord may live right royally, 

 The soldier ride in porap and pride. 

 The sailor roam o'er ocean wide, 

 But this or that, whate'er befall 

 The farmer, he must feed thfm all." 



and therefore his rights were the first that should be respected. 



The legislature of 1883 authorized the publication at the ex- 

 pense of the State of 12,000 copies of the transactions of the 

 State Agricultural Society, 12,000 of the State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 12,000 of the State Dairymen's Association, and 12,000 

 reports of the Agricultural Department of the State University. 

 The whole may aggregate nine hundred and fifty pages. Eleven 

 thousand five hundred volumes of each are to be bound together 

 in cloth, and five hundred copies of each separately for the mem- 

 bers as exchanges of individual societies. ^\Tien will the farmers 

 of Minnesota awake to the importance of their calling, and pro- 

 ceed to demand their honest rights, and brand every legislator 

 with infamy who dares to oppose their receiving a like grant? 



Considerable time was spent in discussing the management of 

 the agricultural department of the State University, and there 

 seems to be a growing feeling among the farmers in favor of sep- 

 arating the Agricultural College from the University of the 

 State. The State Horticultural Society has enrolled among its 

 members some of the ablest men of the State — men who are 

 thoroughly awake to the importance of successful fruit growing 

 and rural adornment. In years previous their annual conven- 

 tions have been held in joint sessions with the Agricultural So- 

 ciety, but this year, through some misunderstanding, their meet- 

 ings were separate, and they found themselves called together 



