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every rural interest with the same devotion to the farm home 

 as characterized his every act. 



For more than forty years he was the recognized agricultural 

 leader of Maine, always true to the best interests of the every- 

 day, practical worker in field, barn, orchard, dairy and' home. 



The sincerest tribute we can offer will be the evident purpose 

 of doing our work with the same devotion, intelligence and 

 loyalty that dominated his life. 



G. M. TWITCHELL. 



