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since he always paid the premiums regardless of the financial 
outcome of the show. At the close of the fiscal year 1892-1893, 
he found himself in slightly failing health, and resigned his 
position with the University. Five years later it became neces- 
sary for him to relinquish his activities with the Board of Agri- 
culture, and on June 7, 1920 the last of the trinity who had 
wielded such an enormous power in agricultural organizations 
passed beyond. 
Mr. BUNN was a prominent man in IlIlinois business circles. 
He was president of the Illinois Watch Co., at Springfield, and 
for many years head of a wholesale grocery concern in that 
place. For nearly a decade he was treasurer of the Selz-Schwab 
Shoe Co. of Chicago. 
The effective functioning of the State Board of Agriculture, 
the early promotion of the rural interests at the University of 
Illinois, the upbuilding of the State Fair, the organization of 
the Farmer’s Institute System, the support and development of 
the Stallion Registry office, the seed, feed and grain inspection 
functions, and the development of needed agricultural legisla- 
tion can all be credited to the activities of these three men. In 
the light of history, it is hardly possible to say which of the 
three did the most. Mr. Buwnn’s duties brought him into contact 
with the public rather less frequently than the other two men, 
and his genius was directed ordinarily to things that are unseen, 
the silent and efficient functioning of the machine. The debt 
of the State of Illinois cannot be measured in monetary terms 
to men such as these, the new generation is reared accustomed 
to the innovations and blessings they have accomplished. In 
the hearts of the men who have struggled beside them, however, 
there will live forever a monument and testimonial to their 
spirits and the things they have achieved. 
