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that its general principles may be within the reach of all. Some 

 of the States have ali-eady signified their acceptance of their 

 endowments ; and I trust none will neglect to avail themselves 

 of this great future source of wealth and national prosperity. 

 It may not be within the reach of every young farmer to avail 

 himself of the whole benefit of these schools and colleges by 

 personally studying within their walls, but the light which will 

 be shed from these institutions will be spread over the whole 

 land, and enter the house of every farmer. The knowledge and 

 ideas there generated, will be found in our agricultural reports, 

 in our agricultural papers ; and they will permeate through 

 every household. The knowledge thus acquired will be ob- 

 served and marked in increased prosperity ; in labor saved ; in 

 additional comforts ; in new varieties of vegetable life ; in 

 increased beauty and usefulness of our stock ; in larger farming 

 capital, and in better farms. 



Every farmer is interested in the promotion of these schools, 

 and to their erection and endowment he should contribute by 

 his influence and his money, being assured that by and through 

 them is a way to honor and profit in all branches of husbandry. 

 Knowledge, although a power of the higliest magnitude, must 

 be used, and, in these days of rival interest, must be used with 

 energy and perseverance to accomplish much. Energy, we all 

 feel, is essential to the successful prosecution of any undertaking 

 of importance ; it is arr element as useful to the farmer as it is 

 to the general commanding armies. It is a trait conspicuous in 

 every community where it exists ; so much so, that frequently 

 half a dozen active, energetic men give a character of enterprise 

 to a village or town. If we have it, it is easily communicated 

 to those about us and under our immediate influence. Let a 

 farmer go into his fields with a walk and motion indicating a 

 decision of purpose, activity of thought, and celerity of action, 

 — his very bearing will communicate an electric shock, and will 

 vitalize the movements of those in his employment. His very 

 cattle will feel its influence, and his work will progress well and 

 rapidly, without hurry or bustle. On the other hand, a man, 

 however diligent he may be, who enters upon his work as 

 tliough he had a lifetime to complete the labors of the day, 

 indecisive as to what first requires his attention, uncertain as 

 to what it is best to do ; his whole manner, instead of infusing 



