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older men of the Society aud I want to say that I consider it a great 

 privilege and benefit to talk with men who are leaders in horticulture 

 ^vhose every statement is backed up by several years' experience. I 

 thank you." 



Mr. Garfield: 



"Inspiration works both ways. We have with us tonight an old per- 

 sonal friend, a welcome friend, of the Society who comes from an ad- 

 joining state. We are always glad to welcome him because he always 

 brings a message we are glad to receive and it always is of value to us. 

 If there is one thing he believes in more than another it is the im- 

 portance of being connected with the soil. Brother Farnsworth, of Ohio, 

 will speak on 'Salvation in the Soil.' " 



Mr. Farnsworth: 



"Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen: A great many of us can 

 recall the time when the farmer was called a 'hayseed', or something of 

 the sort, but a few years ago people began to study this phase of life 

 scientifically and this showed the farmer and farmer boys that their 

 occupation was one of which to be very proud. It is now an occupa- 

 tion ofi'ering the greatest opportunities under the sun. The farmers now 

 realize that by putting more time, more energy and more intelligence in 

 the work, the work becomes more profitable and by respecting it them- 

 selves, others have come to respect it. Everyone now realizes that we 

 need the higher type of men on the farm as well as in the city. It cer- 

 tainly is inspiring to those of us who have been groping along, largely 

 in the dark, to realize the opportunities and see the young men taking 

 advantages of those opportunities. I certainly cannot ask for any better 

 work for my son than to keep up this work of the soil and co-operate 

 with mankind. I thank you." 



Mr. Garfield: 



"We have with us, also, tonight a man who has had very extensive ex- 

 perience in fruit growing. I knew him as a boy, we used to slide down 

 hill together, we were whipped by the same teachers, but still we did not 

 know each other at that time. I want to ask him to say a few words 

 about the M. A. C. I am glad to introduce Mr. Eoland Morrill." 



Mr. Morrill responded to the toast, "The Professors at M. A. C. and 

 What They Did," as follows : 



"There is one thing that I never did successfully and that is ad- 

 dress an intelligent audience when I was full. Our toastmaster has 

 called up something that lies close to my heart. He stated he wished 

 me to speak of my early knowledge of the M. A. C. I have been trying 

 to think it over, but somehow the M. A. C., the Professors, the Michigan 

 Horticultural Society and the men who are prominent in this work, all 

 become so closely associated with each other that I cannot separate them 

 but they all seem to revolve around the M. A, C. My hope was always 

 that I would be a farmer. In 1883 or 1884 Professor Cook took me in 

 hand. About the first thing he did was to send me for a force pump and 

 set me to spraying the orchard with paris green. I picked a good 

 many barrels of apples that fell and from that day to this I have been 

 in the fruit business. I cannot think of a single helpful thing that has 

 come to me in horticulture that has not had its inception among a cer- 

 tain bunch of men gathered around the M. A. C. When a problem pre- 



