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this industrial teaching, is coming, — it is coming fast. It has re- 

 ceived an immense impetus. Only ten days ago by that closing 

 address prepared for the convention in Springfield by that man 

 who is going down into history as the great conservator of American 

 resources, — Theodore Eoosevelt, — he indicates that he stands 

 for this great policy of practical education, the useful education, 

 the helpful education, as well as agricultural education. This new 

 policy of national co-operation in this technical education is all 

 set forth in the Davis bill that is now before Congress, — a bill 

 that will help every State in the Union as well as New England. 

 We want our New England Senators and Congressmen to take 

 their coats off and put that bill through before the 4th of March. 



Another thing we want these gentlemen in Congress to do is 

 to give us our White Mountain reserve. There is apparently no ex- 

 cuse for that bill not having passed during the last session. Per- 

 haps you thiak this is giving it to you strongly, but you need it. 

 New England has twelve votes in the Senate and about forty votes 

 in the House. If our Senators and Eepresentatives really wanted 

 New England forest reserve they could get it, and they know how 

 to get it. 



Peof. Prank W. Pane, State Poeestek of Massachusetts. 



I have been exceedingly interested in the papers this afternoon, 

 as anybody who loves agriculture and who looks toward the future 

 of New England must be. The keynote of this conference, it seems 

 to me, ought to be high. There is no question but that our young 

 men and many of our business men have gone to the west. The 

 lands that were once free and open and easy to get, the forest 

 lands that could formerly be gotten readily, are gone. I believe 

 Professor Craig spoke of the prices that prevail in New England. 

 That is absolutely true. The people of New England hAve been 

 developing the west. Governor Guild sent me to the National 

 Irrigation Congress which met last year in California and this 

 year in New Mexico. The spirit and enthusiasm of that organiza- 

 tion is very great. If we could have it here in New England, 

 we could go so far ahead of them that they would not know where 

 they were at. A great many men originally from New England 

 came and talked with me, and about half the conference seemed 

 to be made up of New England people. 



Talk about their land producing $150 per acre, — look right 

 here around Boston. The market-gardening industry was not 

 touched upon to-day. There is the apple industry, and agriculture 



