American Agriculturist, July 21,1923 
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I. P. Roberts ha 1 the advantage over | 
most instructors laboring under such 
conditions. He was of an intensely 
practical nature and had real farm 
experience instead of book instruction 
only. Pioneering has many advantages 
a.nd Professor Roberts was a pioneer all 
his life, greatly to the benefit of his 
students. 
This really great teacher had a hold 
on his pupils because he loved his voca¬ 
tion and, besides this, took a deep 
interest in each individual he was in¬ 
structing—proud of those with strong 
minds and surprisingly lenient with 
the weaklings; and so he brought out 
the best that was in each and every 
member of his classes. 
There is a something that is never 
found in books that comes to the stu¬ 
dent facing a truly great teacher; 
something dearer and better than 
words can express and we who for 
many days had Professor Roberts for 
an instructor know what that some¬ 
thing is—and we are the richer for it. 
* * * * 
“A Prophet Among Farmers” 
By E. Davenport 
Dean and Professor Emeritus, College of Agri¬ 
culture, University of Illinois 
P ROFESSOR ROBERTS of Cornell! 
A king among men, a prophet among 
farmers, a pioneer among those who 
seek of science, to inspire the service 
of agriculture to all the people and to 
better the conditions of the millions 
who live by the land. His work is a 
blessing and his life a benediction. 
* * * * 
A Layer of Foundations 
By L. H. Bailey 
Formerly Dean of the New York State College 
of Agriculture, Cornell University 
I AM glad you are to remember I. P. 
Roberts’ anniversary with a special 
number of the American Agriculturist. 
He richly deserves such remembrance 
and recognition. It is-also good for the 
younger workers to be brought into 
knowledge of one who stood so near 
the beginnings of modern agricultural 
education and to be made aware of the 
accomplishments of those days. Those 
days may seem to us to be the remote 
times of small things, but the successes 
were as big in their time as are the 
larger accomplishments in our time. 
Foundations are laid slowly, and 
piece by piece. On a good foundation, 
any extent of superstructure can be 
builded, but on poor and false founda¬ 
tions nothing permanent can be erected. 
The great developments of the present 
day are the consequences of painstak¬ 
ing, honest, prophetic work in years 
long past. 
Professor Roberts not only did good 
work and saw clearly, but he held on. 
Nothing would make him let go. Again 
and again he would say that the time 
must come when agriculture would 
take its proper place in the institutions 
of the land and all his life he planned 
buildings and laboratories that it was 
never his privilege to see. In his ac¬ 
tive day, he was a wise personal 
teacher, an ideal guide to students who 
studied in the great laboratory of the 
open fields. He was a philosopher of 
the farm country. As a teacher,. he 
covered the subject with keen discrimi¬ 
nation, wisdom of a resourceful life, 
and a ready wit. He was also a suc¬ 
cessful practical farmer. At Cornell, 
the loyalty to him is touching, even 
among those who were never his stu¬ 
dents. His active work was wider than 
the State in which he was born and to 
which he gave the fullest of his life. 
It is a blessing to all of us that he 
has accomplished ninety years. We re¬ 
joice to think of him as one of us; 
and we like to tell him how much we 
remember and appreciate him. 
* * * * 
“A Straight Jumper” 
By J. L. Stone 
Professor Emeritus, New York State 
College of Agriculture 
I N his book, “The Autobiography of 
a Farm Boy” Professor Roberts 
states that when he arrived at Cornell 
University cn February 1, 1874, he 
found awaiting him a few students in 
agriculture whom he refers to as “a 
pocket edition of a class.” The writer 
of these lines, then a senior in the 
{Continued on page 42) 
PUBLIC FORMULA FEEDS 
T he cooperative g. l. f. exchange is running its 
feed pool to buy your winter feed requirements for you at 
the prices which prevail between now and ecrly fall. Feed 
prices are usually at their lowest point during this period. 
Voluntarily placing your orders with your G. L. F. agent means 
savings in overhead and sales cost. In addition, if you and 
your neighbors buy in large quantities, you will get the benefit 
of a large volume purchase and of lower manufacturing costs. 
All of these factors will reduce the pool price. 
The formulas for G. L. F. Rations are public. The rations are 
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General Manager 
Cooperative G. L. F. Exchange. Inc. 
Buffalo. N. Y. 
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TRACTORS and ATTACHMENTS 
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