The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-19
STATE AGRICULTURAL BOARD
MID- D-WINTER SESSION OPENED
 YESTERDAY.

GOvernOr-E1ect Woodruff -- Former
 Tells of Personal Experiences on
 Fairfield Farm--A Busy Day for the
 ConventiOn-TO-d Programme.
 At the opening session of the mid winter convention of the Connecticut board of agriculture held in Harmonic hall yesterday morning, stirring ad- dresses were made by President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale, and Governor elect Rollin s. Woodruff. Secretary James F'. Brown, of North Stonington, presid- ed at the meeting, introducing the speakers.
 For one-half hour preceding the call to order vocal and instrumental music was enjoyed. Rev, Watson l.. Phillips, or this city, pronounced the invocation. Mayor John F. Studley, who was to have delivered the address of welcome, sent a personal letter stating his ina bility to be present owing to having been served with a subpoena making it necessary for him to be present before the superior court. However. Mayor Studley extended a hearty welcome to the members.
 Rollin s. Woodruff, governor elect, was then introduced and made the fol- lowing address:
 Tn the absence of His Excellency, Governor Roberts, I have been asked sir, to respond to your generous well come of the state board of agriculture in the city of New Haven.
 The matters represented by the board are of such magnitude and con- sequence to Connecticut that every as- sistance and encouragement should bs given it's work
 The things over which this board has supervision are vital part of our civilization-the very nourishment up- on which it feeds--in fact, the mainstay and bulwark of a successful people, without which there can be no progress and contentment.
 "The agricultural interests of Con- necticut, approximating an annual pro- duction of thirty million dollars, entitle this question to a respectful considera- '. tion A large percentage of Connecti- cut farms are operated by their owners They represent hay and grain, vegeta- ! bles, fruits, livestock, dairy produce { tobaceo, plants and flowers, nursery J products and miscellaneous crops.
 The manufacturing interests of Con- nectieut are important and unusually large, when compared with the popula- tion, but all these things depend upon fourishing state of agriculture.
 The food-producing forces underlie everything else in life, and should al- ways be given first consideration; our state is in a fourishing condition. and its future is assured so long as the rights and responsibilities of all the people are the chief intention of the law--for all success depends upon the sincerity and integrity of our govern ment
 The high type of manhood and wom- anhood of Connecticut demands high type of representation in public office. When the character of public men is clean it has it's purifying effect upon all the people. Our legislature is instituted as a rep- resentative body to carry out the will of their constituents. Its business Is to care for the welfare of the people-all the people. When any selfish motive controls it's work the result is rotten politics and a disgusted commonwealth, We must demand the best that men can give, for you may rest assured the people will remove officeholders from places in which their presence is dan gerous to the general good.
 Tt will be my endeavor, as governor of Connecticut, to render every assist ance within my power towards the de- Velopment of that department of our government engaged in the supervi- sion of the agricultural welfare of the state"
 President Hadley, in an exceptional ly witty manner, discussed the agricul- tural conditions in Connecticut, say ing:
 do not speak from the standpoint or one who is experienced, but rather as a man who has labored seven days a week (with apologies to the Rev, MT. Phillips) to bring forth a little farm on the top of a hill in Fairfield county
 +et hFOulu say llldl d llletl NllO attempts anything of the sort has harder position than that of President Roosevelt, inasmuch as a regiment of colored troops diplomats wife and the Panama canal are as nothing com pared with the Connecticut farmers troubles" Continuing more seriously, President Hadley said T feel, in welcoming you here in the name of Yale university, that I am speaking from one educa- tional institution to the other.
 There is no education that is more practical or more valuable in the pro- duction of strong, worthy citizens than the education of every farm life No college or manual training education