. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 329 they make. They regard these fairs as their best educational institu- tions and contribute hberally to their support. Right here I want to say that the farmer should demand of our political bodies that they do something worth while to the cause of the State Fair. Evidence on every hand proclaims the progress of agriculture and the farmer and the vital importance of his work. The time is right now when his needs and his interests should be considered first and his just demands moulded into law. The day is
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 329 they make. They regard these fairs as their best educational institu- tions and contribute hberally to their support. Right here I want to say that the farmer should demand of our political bodies that they do something worth while to the cause of the State Fair. Evidence on every hand proclaims the progress of agriculture and the farmer and the vital importance of his work. The time is right now when his needs and his interests should be considered first and his just demands moulded into law. The day is here when the world must respect him who produces the necessaries of life. Those who engage in agriculture and its. Barns at State Fair Grounds. kindred interests should not bend the knee to the spurious statesman and cheap politician whom they feed; those who produce ought not to be obliged to beg favors of those who only consume. The farmer should not beg for his just due. He should put on his armor and fight, and see that defeat and political disaster overtake those who would deny his just claim or seek to make him subservient to any set of men. The want of legislative encouragement of our agricultural inter- ests has placed a galling restraint on our prosperity as compared to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennessee. Dept. of Agriculture. Nashville, Tenn. : The Dept.
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