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accepted and adopted his work and today there is no experi- 

 ment station in the country whose director the people have 

 greater confidence in than the people of Maine have in Dr. 

 Woods. 



This Station has been worth more to Maine by being fortunate 

 enough to have but two directors during its history, so that 

 there have been but two policies or practically but one as Dr. 

 Woods took up the work laid down by Dr. Jordan and carried 

 it along with the same degree of success. One of the most 

 gratifying things about this to the rural people and the farmers 

 of Maine is the fact that these were both Maine boys. It has 

 been said that Maine is a good State to emigrate from, but we 

 believe that Maine, is a pretty good State to stay in. 



The "farmers of the State stand by the Director of the Sta- 

 tion ; they are for him and with him, and that is a great thing. 

 If you do not have confidence in your captain, what does it 

 amount to? The State is doing more for agriculture than it 

 ever did. You should have heard the State Dairy Instructor 

 this morning plead for better agriculture and for union of 

 efiforts, — to get together to organize associations so that we 

 might have the benefit of the whole interests of this State. 



The legislatures of our State are never stingy along the line 

 of agriculture. We have never asked for an appropriation that 

 has not been willingly granted. 



The dignity and respect of agriculture were never as fully 

 admitted as now. The rural people have greater faith in the 

 possibilities of this industry and our city cousins love to talk 

 about it. By the aid of this Station and the united effort of all 

 the agricultural forces of the State we predict for the new agri- 

 culture that Maine is to adopt, a more intelligent, profitable ad- 

 vance than she has ever known before. 



Director Woods — The Experiment Station from its beginning 

 has been fortunate in its board of control which we call the 

 Station Council. I want to briefly refer to two members of the 

 first Board of Control of this Station who have done very much 

 for agriculture in Maine. The Hon. Z. A. Gilbert was at the 

 time the Station was established the Secretary of the Board of 

 Agriculture and he became a member of its Board of Control. 

 Those of you who knew Mr. Gilbert in those days knew a 

 constructive man who, after he had made up his mind, went 



