✍ Scribed by Ezra Taft Benson
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
It is truly a double pleasure to appear before this joint meeting of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture and The Franklin Institute.
To visit this great historic city is to be deeply conscious of the lasting imprint of Benjamin Franklin's genius, of his priceless contributions to science, literature, philosophy and statesmanship.
The material evidence of these treasured gifts is present everywhere. Yet there is infinitely more. There is the spirit of Franklin's humanity which is as much a part of Philadelphia as Independence Hall. Here, it is what a man feels, even more than what he sees.
It is a signal honor to meet with an agricultural group which numbered Franklin among its long list of distinguished members and with The Franklin Institute which has performed such outstanding service in promoting his philosophy.
He was among the first Americans to stress the vital importance of agricultural research and education.
It is significant that today-two centuries later-great gains of agriculture continue to stem from these primary sources.
"Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce," Franklin wrote to Joseph Priestley. But even he could hardly have foreseen the production miracles of agriculture in this age.
In Franklin's time, we were preponderantly a rural people. The many who labored in the fields were able to produce only enough food and fiber for themselves and the few who followed other occupations. Today each of our 8.5 million agricultural workers turns out enough products to meet his own requirements, plus those of 18 additional persons. Nor does this comparison of productivity end even here. The American farm worker of today provides his customers with
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