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etc., with which to illustrate the lectures. The school is 

 followed by a series of demonstrations by the county agent 

 or by someone from the college if there is a demand or need 

 of such work. 



Another kind of extension school is sometimes held in 

 sections where the balance of the interest is in fruit grow- 

 ing. In these schools the entire week is given over to pomo- 

 logical subjects and the problems connected with orchard 

 work are taken up in detail. It has been our experience that 

 a demonstration is of much more importance in clinching an 

 idea than a lecture. So we bring to these schools as many 

 spray pumps, barrels, boxes etc., as can be conveniently 

 transported and demonstrations are given wherever a 

 demonstration is possible. 



Another line of work which is now being developed 

 and which ought to be a valuable one, concerns itself with 

 furnishing material to farm bureau publications. These 

 monthly agricultural papers reach the most progressive far- 

 mers in the state and seasonal articles on such subjects as 

 "Scab Control," "Value of Cultivation in Young Orchards" 

 or "The Spraying Campaign for 1918" may not only serve 

 as reminders of work that ought to be done, but also servo 

 to disseminate more or less information at a time when it is 

 most useful. t 



There are other lines of work of less importance which 

 we shall not have time to touch upon. The work is backed 

 up and suplemented by the farm bureau men and various 

 other agencies in the state. We are all working toward the 

 same end — the advancement of the Fruit Industry in the 

 state of Massachusetts. 



THE PRESIDENT : I expect you are all pretty hun- 

 gry. It is past 12 'clock, but we would like to call to your 

 attention what a fine program we have for the afternoon. 

 Professor Chenoweth is the first speaker, and he speaks on 

 "Fruit and Fruit Products as Food," and no doubt will tell 

 us many ways to use this fruit so that it can be used in the 

 winter and fall and spring. 



