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the scantily clad barbarians crowding around the fire of the few burning lumps whioh they had succeeded in breaking from the outoroppinge of the veins with pieces of stone bound to sticks by the sinews of dead animals. In the Agricultural Department of this University are taught systems by which the productivity of the soil can be increased and its fertility retained. turist not only reaps, but he also sows. Thus the AgriculIf he makes a mistake this season, he can correct it the next, with only the loss of time. The miner only reaps, he cannot sow. He takes out, he is powerless to replace. The waste attending M s mistakes cannot be made good. In the non-understandable scheme of life, we have been given this wonderful world with all its hidden treasures, and it is our bounden duty to conserve them. So far as we can understand we are to be followed by many generations of human beings just as much dependent as we upon the products of the soil and the mines. rob them by wasting their heritage? In the past, the men of this country did not realize their responsibilities. The country was so rich in Is it honest to J all its resources and the population was comparatively so small, that careless extravagance and waste were natural. But the alarm has been sounded, and it behooves us to awaken, and carefully prepare ourselves for the duties of the day. And it is through the establishment, generous
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