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COWS and the acquisition of high class pure-bred sires for further 

 stock improvement." 



Address of President A. H. Smith of the New York Central Lines, at 

 Harrlsburg, III., Dairy Day Celebration. 



'Xadies and Gentlemen : 



''It is a pleasure to get out and exchange ideas with people 

 who have the same common interest and problems that we have, 

 and I find it profitable to meet men with viewpoints and interests 

 different from our own. 



''A farmer was once described to me as a man who made hi-* 

 money in the country and spent it in the city, while an agricul- 

 turalist was said to be a man who depended upon the city for the 

 income which he spent upon a farm. Under this classification I 

 fear that my name will be found among the agriculturalists. 

 However, that may be, I yield to none in the intensity of my in- 

 terest in the matters which bring us together here today. 



''When a man, having spent his life in other callings, finally 

 attains a measure of success, he is almost sure to indulge the 

 dream of nearly every city dweller and buy a farm. Long before 

 it actually becomes his, he has turned over in his hand how he 

 will apply up-to-date business methods to the world-old prob- 

 lems and make the farm a model both in appearance and in re- 

 sults. A farm of his own is a wonderful thing for the tired 

 business man of our cities. Some fellow has explained that fleas 

 are quite valuable in that they made a poor dog forget his hum- 

 ble origin. A city business man can easily leave his other trou- 

 bles at his office when he goes out to his farm. His experiences 

 there, however, serve a better purpose than that. They increase, 

 his respect for the modest fellow who without other income and 

 frequently with a mortgage to carry, makes the soil yield him a 

 good living and sometimes more. 



"Our government very properly has also aided and encour- 

 aged the farmer to a greater extent than the present time. The 

 head of the Agricultural Department of the Federal Government 

 is a member of the President's Cabinet. That Department main- 

 tains laboratories, conducts campaigns against disease, organizes 



