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apple growing, or that Mr. Lyman did not know the best 

 way to grow peaches, that he did not care very much 

 what we said about him. But that is not the point. Both 

 of those members of this Society get good results, be- 

 cause they take care of their trees. Mr. Lyman takes 

 care of his peach orchards, ami that is why he grows prof- 

 itable peaches. Mr. Hale does the same thing. I was 

 up to our worthy President's place not long ago. and I 

 found some fine big orchards, one was about seventy 

 vears of age, apparently very well cared for by its former 

 owner, and it looked very much as though it had been 

 better cared for in its early days than in recent years. I 

 do not like to tell stories about the President in that way. 

 but these orchards have recently been overlooked to some 

 extent. That is being overcome. We have got into the 

 way of looking at the proposition in a proper light. In 

 the past we have been overlooking the possibilities. 1 

 merely speak of that as a mere suggestion. In the past 

 we did not appreciate fully the opportunities that we had 

 before us. Xow realizing, then, that Connecticut must 

 take better care of her orchards and improve her methods 

 of handling the crop, the Agricultural College, in coopera- 

 tion with the Pomological Society is planning to establish 

 a number of demonstration orchards throughout the state, 

 as has been announced by President Beach. Xow it is 

 only necessary for me to say a word regarding the plan 

 of this work. This demonstration work will be of two 

 distinct characters, namely, the best and most approved 

 methods of renovating the old orchards and neglected or- 

 chards ; secondly, the best methods of starting and caring 

 for young orchards. Those are the two different lines 

 that we intend to take up. and we will have a number of 

 orchards in which the demonstration work will be carried 

 on, showing these two lines. After we have become a lit- 

 tle more familiar with the work, and after we have gained 

 some experience with the plans which have been formu- 

 lated to carry on the work, we will probably increase the 



