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difficult to measure the far-reaching influence of 

 Prof. HENRY'S work. His writings have been for 

 years the subject of study and discussion in every 

 land. Earnestness, sincerity, honesty and a peren- 

 nially effervescing enthusiasm made him a tremen- 

 dous power in the field of higher agricultural training, 

 at a time when the cause had not yet felt the full 

 force of the popular support since accorded the 

 great movement which has been well reflected in the 

 corridor of which we speak by portraits of Profs. 

 CRAIG, GURTISS, GARLYLE, DAVENPORT, PLUMB, WATERS, 

 SKINNER, BABCOCK and their colleagues, presented to 

 the Club through subscriptions made up by members 

 of the student body at the respective institutions 

 represented. 



As a matter of fact, the state of Wisconsin has 

 been exceptionally prolific of men who have fairly 

 won the shoulder-straps of high distinction in the 

 service of the live stock and farming world. In the 

 old days GEORGE MURRAY of Racine, JEROME I. CASE, 

 GEORGE HARDING, RUFUS B. KELLOGG, the BROCKWAYS, 

 H. D. McKiNNEY, I. J. GLAPP and their contemporaries 

 kept the fires of good breeding burning brightly, and 

 into the service of the people at large there came that 

 diamond in the rough, the Hon. JERE RUSK, first 

 Governor, and then Secretary of Agriculture under 



