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ising grass- varieties, for lawn or grazing and are glad to have 

 his field of observation extended. So if we, or Olcott alone, 

 should turn up at your office soon, it will be mainly for the 

 grass business. Yours very truly, S. W. Johnson. 



(S. W. J. TO A. S. C.) 



Dec. 26, 1891. 



Dear Sir, In answer to yours of 21st, I may say that the 

 "Fertilizer Law" of this State requires this Station to analyze 

 every Fertilizer sold, offered or exposed for sale in .this State, 

 costing $10 or more per ton and to publish an Annual Report ; 

 the U. S. Law requires us to publish 4 Bulletins annually, so 

 that we can't help advertising the manufacturers of Commer- 

 cial Manures. Our other duties are definitely laid down in 

 the law, and if we do them we have neither time nor means to 

 use for holding meetings or carrying on the very useful and 

 much needed work you refer to. The Board of Agriculture 

 or the State Agricultural Society are the proper State organi- 

 zations to hold agricultural meetings, and they are doing, I 

 suppose, what they can with very small funds. It is a pity 

 that so many of the most enterprising of those born and 

 brought up to early manhood in this State should have gone 

 all over the West and South to "make things lively" there, 

 while so many of "the other sort" are letting things go to 

 the dogs at home. 



I shall send your letter to Sec'y T. S. Gold of West Corn- 

 wall of the Board of Agriculture so that he may know 

 there is a live farmer in Canton who wants to help "stir up 

 the dry bones," and if he or any other organizer wants my 

 help it will be forthcoming. Yours very truly, S. W. Johnson. 



(S. W. J. TO F. H. S.) 



28th March, 1892. 



My dear Storer, Accept my best thanks for the copy of 

 "Agriculture." I am glad to see "4th edition" on the title 



