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ion. holli useful cilizcns. II is cspccijilly liHiuj; (li;i( llu' lallor is uuui- 

 li()U(Ml at (his uiocMu^ wliicli is lu-ld ou or ucar his (irs(: jnircliaso iu 

 lMi(hi}j;au iu ISCI. 



One olher eniin<Millv worlli.v of lueuliou is I he Kev. J. l*"*. Taylor of 

 |)(»u<;las, who was uo( only a leader iu ^(mmI \vor«ls aud W(u-Us iu his 

 choseu professiou, bul has lefl pleuly of evi<leu('e Ihal he Avaa a worthy 

 example aud leader iu lutrlieullure. IjcI ww siuii)ly recall his orchard 

 and Iwo of his <hildren, W. A. Taylor, ^radically head of l'ouioh><ijy iu 

 (lu^ l)(^|l'al•hueu( of Aj^ricuKure al ^\ashiu^(ou aud Miss (Jrace ^rayloi' 

 <'<uitiuuiu<'- her father's work on (he farm, as shown by her excellent fruit 

 cou(ril)u(e<l lo (he l/uui Show a( (/hica;i;o aiul hei-e a( (his uu'<*(iu<;-. 



The lives, words aud works of (he above horlicuKural li;;h(s are wcu'diy 

 of (houj^hlful adeudon an<l sludy, iu>( only for our own ius(ruc(iou and 

 ins|Mra(iou, bul (o (rausmi( (hem iiudimmed (o (hose who follow us." 



Mr. l*'red A. I!<)bbs was one of (he local speakers aud kept Iho 

 audien<'e in an almosi coulinuous uproai' of lauj;h(er by his nuiiiy wi((y 

 sa,\ iui^s, as he <;"ave ad\ice (o (he fiuil growers preseu( from his sland- 

 poin( of a "(elepluuu' faruier." 



[•resi<h'u( Smyihe r<>s|KMHhMl (o (he (oas( "Ijake INIichii^au." Iu a uu)st 

 iu(ere,s(iu}j; aud poelic niaunei- he refei-red (o (he beaulies of (his «;i'aud 

 body of wa(er and (he wonderful riches of (he^ jK-ach bell (hat lay alouj? 

 i(s shoi-es. 



"riclures iu (he Tn^es aud Orass aud I^'Iowers," was (he (opic of a talk 

 by Ti-ofessor Thomas Ciunsou. Afler lisleuiuij; to him for (eu uiiuu(es 

 we v(Mi(ure to say (ha( uuiuy beaudful piclurcs were uuide (o api)ear to 

 (he audieiM'c from luilure that had never coiuo to them bcforo. 



Mr. W. W. F'arnsworlh of Ohio was (he last speaker aud ho "j^ave a very 

 iu(eres(iujjj aud helpful (alk on (he (opic, "This is (Jod's W()rld." 



The enlii-e audience (lieu joined in siuj;in}j^ "Auu'Hca" and 

 (lispersed I'elliu}^ (hat (he eveniufj^ was just nuo(her bright spot in 

 (heir lives to wliicli they could look back wilh sadsfaetion aud i)leasure. 



ri:oi{Li:i\rs in making of the (H)NCiONTRATroD ltmiosul- 



rii mi SOLUTION, 



(prof. a. J. PATTKN, A(JRICULTURAri COLLEGE.) 



I wau( (o (hank y(m personally Mr. Ohainnau, for (he (la((eriu<jf iu- 

 (roducdcm that you jj:ave mo but I am afraid (ho audience will feel (hat 

 (hey havxi had the frostinp: heretofore aud are now gcttin<? only th(^ 

 crust. 



The man who undertakes to study the chemistry of lime-sulphur so- 

 ludons is following the nu)st illusive fantom thai over bewildered the 

 mind of man. Oflontimes we do not know where Ave are on this mat- 

 ter because almost every time we go aflcM- (his problem, wo get dif- 

 ferent results. Wo have thought several (inuvs iu our laboratory that 

 we had found something that the other fellows did not know' about 

 this soludon and i)artieularly about the chemistry of it, only to find 



