St. Paul daily globe., 1885-01-30
ATEAGRlCULTURAL SOCIETY.
An Interesting and Instructive Meet
ing Held at the Capitol
Last Evening.
Addresses Delivered and Resolutions OF
Thanks to j. J. Hill for his
Stock Propagation.

! Last evening a moderately sized audience
assembled at the hall of the house Of repre-
sentatives to listen to an address by Mr. Cof-
fin, of Iowa, and remarks by J. j. Hill and
Gen. LeDuc.
Mr.. Coffin said he came before the farmers
of Min nnesota under great embarrassment
owing to the mistake OF the secretary Of the
Minnesota State Agricultural society who had
puhlshed him as live stock lecturer, when
he had never delivered lecture in his life
on that subject. The speaker related his
early experience in farming when he was
very young, in New Ham pshire His father's
farm in that state was thirty miles from
Dover, and he remembered it with great
pleasure, and described the old farm house,
the big fire place, the crane, the big back
log, the spinning wheel, and all that, but
how far away now are all these things. Now
all meet here in this great bustling city
to talk of new things, of Clydesdales,
amhletonians, Poland Chinas, Herefords,
Short Horns, Jerseys, etc. What woald our
ancestors know or understand about these
thingsb They never heard of such things.
The people out west have been 50 infatuated
with wheat rasing that they have neglected
almost wholly the matter of stock. He in
quired how the masses could be reached and
brought to the idea OF the best kind of farm
ing! He thought the best way was to intro
duce the best agricultural papers into the
farmers family. It is in this way that his
mind can be reached, and we have got TO
work through his mind. The scrubby
farmer will raise scrubby stock If the
farmer can he once brought to
the point of raising a thorough
bred he will see the diff
ference between his old scrubby stock and
the thoroughbred, and it will not be long be-
fore be will dispose of his common stock and
get in the best us rapidly as poSs bic.
The speaker then argued strongly in favor
Of diversified industry in farming. All the
eggs should not be placed in one basket. He
proceeded at some length with facts and
figures to elucidate this point, giving valu-
able hints and suggestions to agriculturists.
AMERICA.
At the conclusion of Mr. Coffin's remarks
Mr.. Lombard gave ''America," and the au-
dience joined in the chorus.
GENERAL LIE DUO.
On being introduced the general referred
to the honorable character Of the husband
mans occupation, and sketched the manner
Of farming in China, after which he pre-
sented the following preamble and resoIu-
tions which were unanimously adopted;
WHEREAS, The agricultural society of
Minnesota has been invited to inspect the
stock imported and introduced, and raised
by Mr.. James J. Hill, of st. Paul, and has
visited and personally examined the extraor-
dnary collection of thoroughbred Short
Horns, Polled Angus, and Jersey cows, the
Berkshire hogs, the Shropshire, Scotch
Highland sheep, and the build
ings tools ana convenitnces for cutting
grinding and feeding also the admirably ar
ranged dairy house and machinery for max
ing butter, and,
WHEREAS: Mr.. Hill has, with unprece-
dented liberality and wise business forecast,
distributed thirty-siy bulls OF the finest known
breeds, free of charge or cost, in thirty couu-
ties OF Minnesota and Dakota, and has l Il
to distribute IN May next, now, therefore,
be it
ReMIO,d, That this agricultural society," for
themselves and for the farmers of the state
Of Minnesota, acknowledge with most CRATE
full feelings their high appreciation of this
unprecedented liberality on the part of Mr..
Hill, and also their high appreciation of the
great practical lesson of feeding aud care Of
stock, and the introduction of ofimproved farm
and dairy i'm plements, which are thus brought
most fOrcibly TO the attention of farmers,
and we do hereby recommend that the next
meeting of the society for the purpose of
admitting members make Mr.. Hill a life
member of our society as an acknowledge
ment of our grateful appreciation of the ben
ehts conferred upon the agricultural interest
of the state.