162 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ADDRESS OE MR. THEODORE S. GOLD. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, — It gives me 

 great pleasure to be here with you on this occasion, and 

 allow me to congratulate you upon the success of the work 

 in which you are engaged. I was here last evening, and 

 when Prof. Stockbridge gave his account of the first meeting 

 of the Massachusetts Board here in Springfield, and of the 

 earlier meetings of this organization, my heart was deeply 

 stirred. I felt those thinijs most forcibly, for I have been 

 through that kind of work in my own State. I have been 

 familiar with your work in this State, and, instead of waiting 

 until the close of the meeting (for I am called away at this 

 time necessarily) to offer my word of congratulation upon 

 the success of your meeting which would properly come 

 then, allow me to give it now. 



I am happy to endorse the very careful and considerate 

 presentation of the subject of ensilage that has been brought 

 before you. I believe that that cause has been injured and 

 the introduction of ensilage hindered by the extreme claims 

 that have been made by many of its advocates. They have 

 made statements that threw discredit upon the whole process, 

 because they were so ftir beyond what we knew could be 

 possible. 



There is one thing about your Massachusetts meetings 

 that I think is subject to criticism. You had here last even- 

 ing an essay upon the subject of the Home, of its influences ; 

 and that class most interested in it, most relied upon to 

 make the home what it should be, where were they? One 

 or two solitary examples only were present. I have in my 

 .pocket a little text or sentiment that I propose to read now 

 and not detain you, because you are anxious to proceed with 

 the more practical work of the session ; but you must allow 

 me the privilege of calling your attention to your dereliction 

 in that matter. I think when I have read this you will know 

 the class to whom I refer. 



A man can build a mansion and furnish it throughout ; 



A man can build a palace with lofty walls and stout ; 



A man can build a temple with high and spacious dome ; 



But no man in the world can build that precious thing called Home. 



