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campus was somewhat hilly and would need grad- 

 ing before plants could be set out and as no com- 

 prehensive plan had then been made for locating 

 the college buildings, and, most important of all, 

 since the University lacked funds even to pay its 

 instructing staff properly, the offer had been 

 politely declined. This firm was, naturally, not 

 very friendly to Cornell afterwards, not having 

 understood all these reasons. 



There were other reasons as well why the horti- 

 culturists of the State were not enthusiastic about 

 the College of Agriculture. Our Professor of 

 Botany and Horticulture, an overworked man in 

 delicate health, was unable to make the effort to 

 heal this breach by attending the annual horticul- 

 tural meetings perhaps the most important con- 

 vention of the State. Mr. Barry, so long as he 

 lived, was the President of the State Horticultural 

 Association, which was unfortunate from our point 

 of view. 



How to overcome this unfriendliness was a ques- 

 tion to which I gave much thought. I myself was 

 quite unknown to the agricultural leaders. I was 

 looked down upon by the scientists, ridiculed by 

 the farmers, on trial even at Cornell, and worst 

 of all, I knew almost nothing about horticulture. 



