HARRISONS' NURSERIES 



Maryland State College of Agriculture 



YOUNG men vvho desire to know more of the profession of farming can 

 secure at this institution a fund of practical knowledge that will be of the 

 greatest value. The new building (pictured above) was dedicated May 

 30, 1918. Among the speakers were Gov. E. C. Harrington, Senator Orlando 

 Harrison, Hon. Hoke Smith, Dr. A. F. Wood, Prof. C. S. Richardson, and 

 Ex-Governor A. O. Eberhart, of Minnesota. ^ The address of dedication was 

 made by Senator Harrison; from it the following extracts are taken: 



"It is a very great pleasure for me to have the privilege of representing, at 

 this gathering, the Maryland Agricultural Society, an organization composed of 

 the leading farmers of Maryland, closely allied with the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, ready to back them in every movement pertaining to bettering the 

 conditions in agriculture in Maryland. 



"I congratulate the Maryland State College of Agriculture and the farmers 

 of the state in securing such a magnificent agricultural building to serve as a 

 nucleus around which to build up this College and the agricultural interests 

 it represents. It was the pride of my legislative career that I had the honor 

 of helping to secure an appropriation for this beautiful building. I consider 

 it is due to the agricultural interests of Maryland; it is a credit to the state. 



"The farmer has come into his own. For more than a quarter of a century 

 we have grown food for the city friends without profit. Conditions have changed. 

 Today we are called on to save the nation. We are doing our part and we are 

 going to do more. We only ask a fair price for our labor. No farmer has ever 

 received pay for his labor compared with other lines of work, yet he has accom- 

 plished more, because he has denied himself many luxuries of life and worked 

 longer hours, and is doing so today. 



"The men I am interested in are the men who never have their voices 

 heard, who never get a line in the newspapers, who never get a moment on the 

 platform, who never have access to the ears of Governors, or anybody who is 

 responsible for the conduct of government, but who go silently and patiently 

 to their work every day carrying the burden of the world. How are they to be 

 understood by the masters of finance, if only the masters of finance are con- 

 sulted? The masters of finance ought to be consulted, but they ought to be 

 consulted only in proportion as they are part of the people of the United States. 



"More and more we shall owe to the men who have made farming possible. 

 We have surpassed, in many ways, the Government's expectation. We have 

 greatly improved upon the old methods in vogue. We will show the world many 

 things it has never dreamed of. 



"The farmer is putting his money into the Y. M. C. A., Red Cross, Liberty 

 Loan, Thrift Stamps, and War Savings Stamps. Yes, and he is buying more 

 and higher-priced seed, fertilizer, labor, farm tractors, and paying the notes 

 and mortgages that have accumulated for a quarter of a century that he may 

 once in life feel free. 



"With the whole country in a state of unrest, with the apprehension in busi- 

 ness, and with the existing menace to industry and business that always accom- 

 panies an impending crisis, let me sound a clear note of cheer, confidence, and 

 hope. The country is sounder physically and economically than ever before. 

 The dinner- horn has given way to the telephone; the mule has given way to the 

 tractor in part; slow-driven teams have given way to the auto truck. 



"The land gave forth last year a crop greater than ever before. Let us appeal 

 to the boys who use their brains. Young men, it is up to you today to determine 

 for yourself whether you are to make good in life or not." 



