physical, mental, moral, and religious condition of the State. 

 As they will so must it be. If they are right, exert aright 

 their power, it will be well for the State, well for humanity; if 

 they fail, are found wanting, how sad indeed must be the 

 result. To enable the farmer rightly to discharge the high 

 duties devolving upon him, he must be intelligent, educated. 

 Our farmers are indeed the best informed, the best educated of 

 the people, and to them we look with confidence for the sup- 

 port of our educational system. Let no farmer say that too 

 much money is expended for the education of the people. Do 

 not say because your money is not always expended most 

 judiciously and economically in this direction, therefore it 

 shall not be expended at all ; remove the evil, do not destroy 

 the good. Will you say, because the lands are not always 

 cultivated according to the rules of good husbandry, therefore 

 we will not cultivate them at all. Is it not the part of wisdom 

 when the defect is discovered to remove that defect rather than 

 destroy that which is of great value? The cultivation of 

 the mind and heart ought to be regarded by him as important 

 as the cultivation of his lands. 



This cultivation will certainly bring as rich and valuable a 

 harvest. By the improvement of the mind he lays up his 

 treasures, which are as treasures in Heaven, " where neither 

 moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break 

 tlirough nor steal." If the modes of education and the 

 courses of study are defective, let them be improved, as they 

 doubtless ean be. It is your duty to see that this is done, and 

 that the money is expended in the most profitable manner, 

 but do not, I beseech you, become weary in well doing 

 in tliis direction. When the farmer can, through the 

 products of the farm, improve his mind and the minds of his 



