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Mr. N. W. Lewis of Gobleville: We have been raising fruit at my 

 town, and when we were ready to market some of it, we wrote to Mr. 

 Angell, superintendent of the express company, who came there and 

 made reduced rates for us, assuring us that as production increased the 

 rates would be proportionately modified. 



MAY THERE NOT BE OVER-PRODUCTION? 



Mr. A. C. Glidden of Paw Paw: Mr. Morrill said something of the 

 effects of association with wheat and hogs. There may be more or less 

 truth in that. Now, can farmers in the southern part of this state go to 

 growing fruit instead of wheat and hogs, and be reasonably sure of satis- 

 factory cash returns? 



Mr. Morrill contended that they could. The "top-heavy" farmers, 

 those who sneer at "growing briars," are decreasing, while the men who 

 are paying off the mortgages are the ones who grow fruit. Loans are more 

 easily obtainable by fruitgrowers than by farmers, and their lands sell 

 more readily if sale is desired. 



Mr. YanFleet of Lawton: I think the business of growing fruit in 

 this region will be overdone, just as years ago the business of raising hogs 

 was overdone. 



Mr. Morrill: The matter of over-production takes care of itself, and 

 fruitgrowing is safe as a pursuit because so many of those who start will 

 fail on account of bad culture. 



DISCARDED SORTS OF PEACH. 



Mr. Lawton : What old varieties of peach have gone out as Mr. Mor- 

 rill alluded to? 



Mr. Morrill: Well there are a number, such as George IV, Keyport 

 White, Morris White, the Oldmixons, and there are far less of Crawfords. 

 Just now Elberta is more largely set than any other, but it has not been 

 thoroughly tried, and so I did not before mention it. Crosbey and Cham- 

 pion are set experimentally. Elberta shows much curl-leaf. 



IMPOSSIBLE TO GET FULL RECORDS OF SHIPMENTS. 



Mr. C. J. Monroe of South Haven (who had undertaken to prepare a 

 statistical paper upon the fruit product of 1893 ) : I have been unable to 

 complete my statistics, though I had hoped to do so. But, everywhere, the 

 production of fruit is increasing, in all fit places. This will soon make a 

 record of production a necessity. Now it is impossible to get from trans- 

 portation companies the results of their season's carrying, they claiming 



