HISTORY OF Furrr FXIIIIUTS AT STATK FAIR 705 



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Lastly, the hoys and "-iris, the future fruit growers and farmers 

 of the state, have not been neglected. A special section is pro- 

 vided for them, in which they can contest their skill in selecting 

 and arranging collections of orchard products. It is probable 

 that no expenditure by the Fair Commission is made for a more 

 worthy purpose, or returns in the long run a larger measure of 

 interest and value, than this outlay for the rural schools and their 

 boys and girls. 



VALUE TO THE STATE 



it is difficult to estimate in concrete terms what all this means 

 to the state. Xew York fruit growers have never been prone to 

 do much talking about themselves or to boom the industry in 

 which they are engaged. The exhibit at the State Fair serves in 

 a modest way to remind the general public that this state possesses 

 a fruit industry that is worthy of her reputation and achievement. 

 There can be no question that the exhibit is worth while to the 

 fruit growers themselves in many ways. The exhibit at the 

 fair has become an accurate reflection of fruit-growing conditions 

 in the state at large. With the possibility of a new and better 

 building before us, with the prospect of fairer methods of pack- 

 ing and saner methods of marketing, both the exhibit at the fair 

 and the industry in the state face a future full of promise. 



