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man. When once his value is developed by bringing him into 

 right adjustment, the rest will follow freely and easily. If I give 

 any advice in this connection it must be that every one begins the 

 great work of overcoming and eradicating worthlessness with him- 

 self. This part of the work no one else can do, and this, after all, 

 is the principal part. Now I have to confess that these last few 

 pages seem a good deal like preaching. Ought I to apologize for 

 introducing them in this place ? I don't like apologies very well 

 anyway, and prefer, on the whole, to let them remain just as they 

 are, a part of what I offer for you to consider, and to accept or 

 reject as may seem to you wisest and best. 



THIRD DAY. 



The Convention met at 10.30 a.m., Vice-President Barstow 

 in the chair. 



The Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, we have at Meri- 

 den an Industrial School for Boys, and at that Institution is 

 a model farm, made so by its model superintendent. I have 

 the pleasure of introducing to you this morning, Mr. L. P. 

 Chamberlain of Meriden, its Superintendent, who will ad- 

 dress us on Farm Labor. 



FARM LABOR IN NEW ENGLAND. 

 By L. P. Chamberlain of Meriden. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



That was a very kind suggestion of your secretary which came 

 to me one day in October last, by which this paper upon Farm 

 Labor in New England has been prepared, and though, in the 

 selection of one to discuss so large a subject, he may seem to you 

 to have for once discounted his own discretion, in one respect, at 

 least, he has acted in accord with that wisdom for which he long 

 ago became proverbial. The suggestion came to me full fledged, 

 for it included the topic, broad enough to employ the best thought 

 and pen at his command, but in its essential features, simple 

 enough to be intelligently understood by us all, and so practical 

 that it touches the personal interest of every one who tills the soil, 

 whether he is an employer of others' labor or sows and reaps his 

 own fields. 



