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MR. HEISS. — Mr. President, this is the first time I have had the 

 pleasure to meet with you and look into your faces, but I can go 

 back into the hills of Clearfield county and Centre county, and talk 

 with the farmers with a new inspiration and as a helper in the work, 

 and I trust I may long remember the new faces I have met here, 

 and whether I ever meet you again, I want you to know that this 

 meeting has done me as much good as any meeting I have ever at- 

 tended. 



MR. McKAY. — I am a Methodist too, and I believe in giving good 

 advice. I don't believe in sitting here with no smile on your face, 

 and take it all in, and not give anything back. I think the fruit 

 growers are going to pull through allright. It reminds me of the 

 story of a young man who had a mother-in-law who was very sick, 

 and he went out and met the doctor, and he asked how his mother- 

 in-law was, and he replied that she was pretty bad ; I don't think we- 

 can pull her through, and he said, "Bring an axe, and I will help her 

 through." I feel I am going to be a fruit grower, and that I have 

 obtained a great deal of information by coming here, and hearing 

 the old gentlemen talk on the subject of fruit growing, and it is 

 also pleasant to look at tbe fruit that is here on exhibition, and I 

 know it will be of great benefit to me in applying it to my busi- 

 ness. There is nothing done in this world without discussion, and 

 as Mr. Hale knows up in New Hampshire they will argue for days 

 and days, and this discussion is what brings out the different points, 

 and a great many of these fruit growers will get together, and talk 

 about cold storage, and they will come to some understanding. As 

 a Methodist, I say, God bless all of you. 



MR. YOUNGS. — I came over here four years ago; we had some 

 trouble over there; and said something about spraying. As a 

 whole you might just as well have tried to talk about anything else, 

 and I told you we cultivated a pretty hard soil at that time; at any 

 rate, it looked so to me. I am one of those who like to come to a 

 meeting of this character, and get something out of it, and I have 

 not come this way for four years. You can get up a lot of enthu- 

 siasm here, and gather the farmers together, and although it is 366 

 miles to my place, I feel like coming again. 



THE PRESIDENT. — I guess we have heard from all the converts 

 and we are now ready for a motion to adjourn. 



THE PRESIDENT. — As no one seems to be able to summon up 

 nerve sufficient to move to adjourn, I declare this meeting adjourned 

 until this day next year, when we shall meet in Lancaster, Pa. 



