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conclusion that 'After all the crop that pays, is the kind of man we 

 onjiht to raise.' I thank you." 



Mr, Garfield: 



"We will ask Mr. Edwy Reid, a former beloved secretary of the So- 

 ciety, to respond to the toast Tublicity — What It Has Done for Us.' " 



Mr. Reid: 



''Mr, Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen : When I received a letter 

 from your Toastmaster inviting me to come here and speak on this 

 to])ic, T supposed I was to occupy a position as a scare-head, toj) of 

 column, first pajje article and to have time without limit. Rut after 

 T .cot here, he told me that five minutes would be the limit. I was sur- 

 ])rised to find so many here tonip^ht and to see so many familiar faces. 

 Tt seems to me that your possibilities are unlimited. For instance, T 

 well remember when spraying was first taught and when forestry was 

 first talked of it was a hard matter to produce pul)lic interest in the 

 matter and it was through the publicity the newspapers gave these sub- 

 jects that the present state of feeling was brought about. The pioneer of 

 forestry sits before you. I do not know of anyone else in the country 

 so intimately connected with it. The matter of publicity is not carried 

 on today as much as I think it should be by this Society. I am not 

 here to criticise but to offer suggestions. I do not think your reports are 

 distributed as thoroughly as they should be. T understand that they 

 are restricted to the members of the Society and T think you will ^ef 

 more returns if you scatter them broadcast regardless of the .f 1.00 that is 

 supposed to be paid for it. T have not seen a report of this Society for 

 five or six yearss. The experiment station and college have taken up 

 and are doing a great work. Their reports and discussions are brought 

 before the public continuously and T would suggest that you take up 

 the practice of sending out your reports as soon as they are printed. I 

 thank you." 



Mr. Garfield : 



"I call him Tom and he calls me Charles and when our hands clasp 

 we alwavs understand each other. I know just what kind of a topic to 

 assism him and tonight T have given him 'Working Together' a subject 

 which T know he is very capable of handling." 



Mr. Gunson of the M. A. C., responded to the above toast as follows: 



"Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen : Mr. Morrill was honest to 

 admit there was something wrong with his physical make-up and I want 

 to explain that this is tw.o-fold. T feel that T am laboring under the 

 same difficulties. T am glad, Mr. Toastmaster, to contribute my little 

 word and to say that T do desire to be a worker in the great field of 

 horticulture. It is a singular thing but we have found that no man can 

 complete a day's work in horticulture alone. Yon cannot live alone. 

 You have to work together. 



"I wish to express my confidence in the future of horticulture and also 

 want to again state that I shall be glad to be counted in the great realm 

 of workers. T thank vou." 



Mr. Garfield: 



"After one of our meetings of the Society, T asked a Professor what 

 he thought of our gathering and he answered — 'Well, you are a bright 

 lot of men but I did not hear a single word about us poor fellows who 



