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would have been an impossibility for the Uni- 

 versity gardens were located four hundred feet 

 above the valley and the crops could not be ready 

 to harvest until at least two weeks after those 

 grown below. By the time our products were put 

 on the market it was glutted and prices were below 

 the cost of production. 



Mr. Lazenby also labored under other difficul- 

 ties in that Professor Prentiss was overworked and 

 in delicate health and had not time or strength to 

 guide his young assistant. The fates being against 

 us altogether, the attempt was abandoned. 



Several years afterwards it became evident that 

 the Department must be re-established and when 

 asked by one of the Trustees as to the best man to 

 put in charge I said that I knew of only one who 

 would be certain to make a success of the undertak- 

 ing Professor Liberty Hyde Bailey, then at 

 Michigan Agricultural College. As to means I 

 thought the Trustees should be prepared to furnish 

 enough to give the Department a fair start; and 

 as to the details, the Professor appointed should 

 be free to work them out to suit the local environ- 

 ment and in accordance with his own judgment. 

 Professor Bailey was selected to take charge of 

 this Department which was then separated from 



