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know, contagious abortion is something entirely different, 

 produced by specific disease of the organisms; therefore 

 severlly discussing the statements commonly made by min- 

 eral salesmen that their mineral mixture will prevent or 

 cure mineral abortion, their living depends on your buying 

 their particular mixture. The college man in giving you 

 advice should receive your earnest attention — ^their sal- 

 aries do not depend upon selling such things. 

 I thank you. (Applause.) 



President O'Hair: Now, boys, we have let Professor 

 Morrison have first place because he has to go away at 

 four-thirty. Mr. Stanard has to leave about thirty minutes 

 later. Professor Fraser, when he speaks we want him to 

 have as long a time as he needs. There isn't a man here 

 that can afford to miss Professor Fraser's talk. He is the 

 professor who has been experimenting with your money 

 that was sent down to the University, and it will be very 

 profitable for you to hear him, but I am going to ask Pro- 

 fessor Fraser if he will waive his time, letting us have Mr. 

 Stanard's talk in Mr. Caldwell's time. Mr. Caldwell has 

 agreed to wait until tomorrow. 



Mr. Stanard, as you know, is your Director of your 

 Department of Agriculture at Springfield, and he belongs 

 to you, too, and I asked him if he wouldn't say something 

 on the tubercular trouble in t"he State of Illinois. You know 

 they have been having a little trouble up around Chicago 

 and he has been mixed up in it. I understand he has fin- 

 ally got it straightened out, and I am going to ask him to 

 tell you about it. I have been asked by a lot of folks if 

 there would be something said about it, they are all anxious 

 to know, and I think Mr. Stanard will be capable of explain- 

 ing it to you and telling you how it is and all about it. I 

 have asked him to do this, and he said if he thought it 

 was the wish of the people that he talk upon it he would, 

 and he has kindly consented to talk along that line; and I 

 will now introduce Mr. S. J. Stanard, the Director of Agri- 

 culture at Springfield. (Applause.) 



