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United States have studied the best British methods, and 

 brought us much that has been of real use. 



Fortunately I had found three men who enabled us to 

 tide our agricultural department over those dark days, in 

 which we seemed to be playing "Hamlet" with Hamlet 

 left out. The first of these was the Hon. John Stanton 

 Gould, whom I called as a lecturer upon agriculture. He 

 had been president of the State Agricultural Society, and 

 was eminent, not only for his knowledge of his subject, 

 but for his power of making it interesting. Men came 

 away from Mr. Gould's lectures filled with intense desire 

 to get hold of a spade or hoe and to begin turning the soil. 



So, also, the steady work of Professor George C. Cald- 

 well, whom I had called from the State College of Pennsyl- 

 vania to take charge of the department of agricultural 

 chemistry, won the respect of all leaders in agriculture 

 throughout the State, and, indeed, throughout the coun- 

 try. And with especial gratitude should be named Dr. 

 James Law of the British Royal Veterinary College, whom 

 I had found in London, and called to our veterinary 

 professorship. Never was there a more happy selection. 

 From that day to this, thirty-six years, he has been a 

 tower of strength to the university, and has rendered in- 

 calculable services to the State and Nation. His quiet, 

 thorough work impressed every one most favorably. The 

 rudest of the surrounding farmers learned more and more 

 to regard him with respect and admiration, and the State 

 has recently recognized his services by establishing in 

 connection with the university a State veterinary college 

 under his control. 



The work of these three men saved us. Apart from it, 

 the agricultural department long remained a sort of slough 

 of despond ; but at last a brighter day dawned. From the 

 far-off State Agricultural College of Iowa came tidings 

 of a professor Mr. J. I. P. Roberts who united the prac- 

 tical and theoretical qualities desired. I secured him, and 

 thenceforward there was no more difficulty. For more 

 than twenty years, as professor and lecturer, he has 



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