and laboratories as those studying chemistry or philosophy ; and 

 a poultry student occupies as much room as any other student, 

 and needs as good a seat to sit on and as good a microscope to 

 look through. 



Particular examples. 



Nearly all the most important field crops of the State have 

 been neglected, and no crops have received the study that is 

 required to enable the grower to get the most from them. The 

 potato crop is more important, in value, than the apple or than 

 poultry. Corn is more important, in value in New York, than 

 apples or sheep. Yet apples and poultry and sheep are not 

 minor interests, but represent great values. There is always 

 a tendency to study local crops and specialties, to the relative 

 exclusion of the great underlying staples. In order that you 

 may understand how little really has been done with staple 

 industries, I cite hay and pasture, forests, and fish as examples. 



Grass is the fundamental crop of this State. Of the 

 15,599,986 acres in farms in New York, 5,154,965 are in hay 

 and forage, and 4,366,683 acres are in all other crops. The 

 remainder, 6,078,338, is probably mostly in pasture. The farm 

 land is, therefore, approximately 



One-third in hay 



One-third in pasture 



One-third in all other crops. 

 The value of the grass crop is no less striking. The hay crop 

 is worth as much as all the dairy products. It is worth nearly 

 as much as all other crops combined. It is worth over ^sn^, 

 times as much as all the orchard products. We have no esti- 



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