206 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY . 
machinery for agricultural purposes will soon become as perfect a3 
that now used for the mechanic arts. 
If you would estimate the progress in this branch of industry, 
strike out fora single year their use, and return to the implements 
of our fathers—the scythe, the sickle, the wooden plow and the 
flail. 
In this strife let not Wisconsin be behind. Riches, honor and 
intelligence are the prizes to be gained, and with our ample facil¬ 
ities, success is certain. 
Young men upon whom very soon will rest the future of this 
great state, prepare yourselves for the various responsibilities, and 
see to it that 
On our prairies , in our forests , 
In the valleys rich and fair , 
Along our rivers , at our fountains , 
Factories greet you everywhere . 
Mr. Anderson said that the general ideas advanced by Major 
Cheney were good, but that to make them available and practical 
we must have more capital and at a much lower rate of interest. 
Mr. Cheney remarked that association in manufacturing and 
the proper encouragement would bring capital to the state. That 
we had sufficient water-power to drive the machinery of the world 
when fully utilized, and that every town and city of the state 
ought to encourage manufacturing of some kind. That this 
branch of industry was one of the greatest needs of the state, and 
was worthy of the most careful thought and consideration. 
Secretary Field then read a brief paper by Prof. I. A. Lapham 
upon the Relations of Geology to the Agriculture of the State, 
which was listened to with marked attention. The intimate rela¬ 
tions which exist between geology and agriculture in respect to 
soils, disintegration of rocks, artesian wells, supply of water from 
springs, etc., will make a perusal of this paper not only interesting 
but highly instructive. 
