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market. This contest aroused considerable interest and was 

 won by Alfred Badger of Hebron. A suitably engraved watch 

 charm was presented at a reward. 



The largest attendance was at Union the last day of the 

 school, when seventy-five members were present during the 

 greater part of the day. The average attendance for the nine 

 days was thirty-five. 



The school at Skowhegan was a failure compared to the other 

 schools, but the bureau has no excuse to offer and makes no 

 further comment. 



The success of the other schools at Hebron and Union more 

 than makes up for all disappointments as all who attended are 

 ready to testify. 



Fruit Growers' Conventions. 



In the spring of 1913, the first Western Maine Fruit Growers' 

 Conference was held in x\uburn Hall, Auburn, Maine. The 

 success of this meeting assured the promoters that another 

 similar meeting could be held and February 23, 24 and 25, 1914, 

 were the dates selected for this second conference. The suc- 

 cess of the first meeting in 1913 had been heralded far and near 

 and the fruit men of eastern and central Maine asked that a 

 conference be given at Bangor in the spring of 1914, following 

 the proposed Auburn meeting. 



The Auburn Fruit Growers' Association and the Auburn 

 Board of Trade took the lead in making the local arrangements 

 at Auburn and the Bangor Chamber of Commerce attended to 

 the details of the eastern meeting. Cooperating freely with these 

 organizations, the State Department of Agriculture attended 

 to much of the advertising and railroad rates, and most of all, 

 provided the speakers for the meetings and arranged the pro- 

 grams. 



