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large part to Mr. T. S. Gold. Do you know that the longer 

 I live the more I appreciate that grand old man. I never 

 realized so much as I do at the present time the difficulties 

 that he faced and the difficulties that he overcame. I never 

 realized so much as I do now the grand work that he has 

 done, the work he has done for the state of Connecticut. Mr. 

 Collingwood, I think, referred to character. I want to say 

 to you that I believe the character and the influence of that 

 grand old man is apparent in this meeting, and in this state 

 of Connecticut to-night. We all have our ambitions. I have 

 ambitions at the present time, and one of them, at least, I am 

 going to tell you about. I want to live long enough to see 

 an oil portrait of Mr. T. S. Gold hanging in a proper place 

 in the room over at the State Capitol devoted to agriculture. 

 I have been wondering how many there were who would feel 

 it is a pleasure and an honor to cooperate with me in bringing 

 this about. I know that not only those who are here would 

 assist in such a work, but that we would find many more to 

 cooperate in the matter. I should deem it a great privilege 

 to do what in my power lies to bring it about. 



As we have been looking back, and looking at the pros- 

 pects for the future this evening, let us take a prospective 

 view for just a moment. What shall it be, the future, in re- 

 gard to agriculture? It is my ambition to see in the near 

 future a demonstration farm in every count)- in Connecticut, 

 a farm demonstration that shall be controlled and governed 

 by the Connecticut Experiment Station and the College, a 

 farm to which they can bring men who will not and cannot 

 come to meetings of this kind, — where we can bring them 

 face to face with the problems which are being worked out 

 in our college and at the agricultural experiment stations, 

 where they will learn in a quicker way than they would learn 

 in any other way. I believe that is one of the important 

 things that we should try to establish in this state. 



Another thing I would like to see: I believe that we are 

 working towards that end at the present time, and that is to 



