NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. \j 



number of orchards. The number must necessarily be 

 small at the start, but we hope to increase these gradually, 

 and have an orchard eventually in every section, or in such 

 sections where they will be convenient for every 

 fruit grower in Connecticut to attend, or study the 

 demonstration which will be carried on. Further 

 than that, we want to have field meetings., and that brings 

 me to the point that in selecting these orchards for demon- 

 stration purposes we want orchards which are best located,, 

 so that they are accessible : in short, so that the 

 orchard will be accessible to fruit growers and those 

 interested in the plan. We need orchards that are favor- 

 ably situated from the standpoint of soil, elevation and ex- 

 posure. Those are the important things. Another thing. 

 We will consider the attitude of the men, the owners, the 

 attitude and reliability of the owners. I think from some 

 points oi view that the success of the undertaking will 

 depend more upon the attitude of the man on whose farm 

 we are doing the work than most any other factor. If he 

 is willing to take hold of the work and cooperate with us, 

 to follow the instructions of the College for a definite pe- 

 riod of years, he will see the advisability of that course, I 

 hope, and in a number of years will be able to reap a re- 

 ward from it. Now. as I have already said, the work will 

 be strictly cooperative in its nature, and the fruit growers 

 will have the full benefit of the revenue from these or- 

 chards, and, of course, must bear the expense in taking 

 care of them. 



There is another line of work that we expect to start 

 a little later, and that is cooperative experimental work. 

 That is. we will establish a number of simple experiments 

 in fruit growing upon farms situated throughout the state. 

 This work we aim to make practical as well as experi- 

 mental. YVe mean to make it strictly educational in its 

 purpose. For example, we will start experiments with 

 fertilizers. "We will block oft an orchard into three or 



