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speak at every subsequent meeting as long as I 

 stayed at Cornell. Later Professor Comstock 

 took a most useful and active part in these yearly 

 deliberations and his work was supplemented and 

 finally taken over by his assistant, that able eco- 

 nomic entomologist, Professor Mark V. Slinger- 

 land, now deceased. 



One of the best results of this victory over preju- 

 dice was that this society afterward came to the 

 rescue along with a number of other agricul- 

 tural associations when the College of Agricul- 

 ture went to the Legislature and asked for an ap- 

 propriation of $250,000 with which to erect build- 

 ings for its exclusive use. Some years previously 

 the State had appropriated $50,000 for a dairy 

 building, probably because Professor Wing and I 

 had taken such an active interest in the dairy hus- 

 bandry of the State. This building served its pur- 

 pose until a larger and more modern one became 

 necessary. It was then taken over by the Univer- 

 sity and made a wing of Goldwin Smith Hall. 

 The sum of $40,000 was allowed for it, which, 

 added to the $250,000 obtained from the Legisla- 

 ture, made a sum of $290,000 for the agricultural 

 buildings and their equipment. 



I am fully persuaded now that the most valuable 



