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I say, before 1 get through he is ready with his pencil in his hand 

 to put down his name, and I think if we would all take a little more 

 pains to bring from six to eight to ten with us, that we ourselves 

 could add vastly to the amount of good work which we have al- 

 ready done and are still doing. We do not want to hide our light 

 under a bushel, but set it up where it can be seen by all. We have 

 got it now where it gleams with a strong radiance, and we are 

 not ashamed of it. We are not ashamed to be questioned ; we are 

 not ashamed to have the people of the state look over our volume 

 of proceedings and see -what has been done during the past year, 

 and all I have to say to them is, come right in with us. Here is 

 the right hand of welcome, just as we extend it to each other as we 

 meet at this annual convocation. Here is the right hand of wel- 

 come, come right in and work with us and be one of us, and you 

 shall have a chance to do something to make some one happier — 

 and those people generally are the ones that are willing to come in. 

 It is not the people who will work at something of value like this 

 because they have nothing else to do ; it is not the lazy man who is 

 going to take ofif his coat and roll up his sleeves ; it is the man that 

 already has more than he can do and is willing to do a little more 

 than he has done — and when you strike a man like that you strike a 

 man that is of value wherever he goes, and he is just such a 

 man as we want here with us. (Applause.) 



The president then appointed the following committee on creden- 

 tials : W. L. Taylor, Howard Lake ; Martin Penning, Sleepy Eye ; 

 Frank Yahnke, Winona. 



The President : As others who are on the program are not here 

 this morning I will call on Prof. Wm. Robertson, of St. Anthony 

 Park, to do his part. 



"Strawberries for the Farmer." Prof. Wm. Robertson, St. 

 Anthony Park. (See Index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : Now Mr. Wright will tell us how to grow rasp- 

 berries right, how they should be treated the first season. 



Mr. R. A. Wright, of Eureka, then read a paper on the subject 

 of "Planting and Care of the Raspberry Field the First Season." 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The President: Now we will take up the subject about which 

 a question was asked a few minutes ago, the matter of covering the 

 bushes, and Mr. Plants, I think, can tell us all about that. 



Mr. D. V. Plants, of Long Lake, then read a paper on the sub- 

 ject of "Covering Bush Fruits." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : Now we shall try to find what bearing the next 

 subject has upon what we have been discussing, and I will call upon 

 Mr. Frank B. White, of Chicago,to tell us how the fruit grower may 

 advertise practically. 



Mr. Frank B. White, of Chicago, responded by reading a paper 

 under the title of "Practical Advertising for the Fruit Grower," 

 (See index.) 



