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unless its people are prosperous and contented. They 

 need not be stupidly content with the idea that they have 

 attained perfection, but they should have the content 

 which comes to him who triumphs in what he undertakes. 

 And so state and nation are alike lending a helping hand 

 to the farmer. 



As a great moral influence we shall claim for scientific 

 soil culture a place in the front rank. It leads all others 

 because upon the quality and quantity of what is grown 

 from the soil depends the magnitude and success of all 

 brashes of agricultural pursuits, 



Fair Investigation. Agriculture demands and Uo 

 all the investigation which is being given to it it is in need 

 of, and is worthy of, all the investigators whose services 

 are being devoted to this greatest of all our industries; but 

 let us remember that it is only a genius who can draw cor- 

 rect conclusions from incomplete date or insufficient pre- 

 mises ; that we are to use all obtainable information to guide 

 us, and that we are to work together as a unit for the better- 

 ment of American agriculture. The work is greater than 

 any man or any office. Let every man develop and mag- 

 nify the line of work which he is called upon to perform, 

 but let us neither decry nor ignore nor underestimate the 

 value of any other good work. Prof. Cyril G. Hopkins, 

 Illinc?.s University o 



