260 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Third Field Meeting of the Season, at Storrs, 

 August 24 and 25, 1909. 



Through the kind efforts of Prof. A. G. Gulley and the 

 other officers of the Agricultural College, the Society was 

 enabled to arrange a very pleasant and successful trip to the 

 college, marking the closing field meeting of the season. It 

 was one of the best outings ever held by the Society, and 

 covering two days' time gave ample opportunity to study the 

 work of the college and come in touch with its workers. 

 These farmers' excursions to the college are immensely help- 

 ful, especially to those who have not had the benefit of a 

 college course, and should be made a regular feature of agri- 

 cultural education in Connecticut. 



The following report of the meeting prepared for pub- 

 lication in the Connecticut Farmer is well worth repeating 

 here. 



The two days' outing of the Connecticut Pomological 

 Society at the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, August 24 and 25, was a most 

 enjoyable event for all who availed themselves of the trip. 

 The arrangements were on much the same lines as those made 

 for the poultrymen's field meeting at the college last month, 

 and which was such a pronounced success. In point of fa- 

 vorable weather conditions, good attendance, and the many 

 interesting features carried out, the gathering proved to be 

 one of the most successful field meetings held in Connecticut 

 this season. 



In order to keep in touch with the progress made at the 

 college, especially along horticultural lines, it has become the 

 custom of the society to visit Storrs every few years. Those 

 who attended last week's outing found a great many changes 

 and improvements over the conditions existing when the last 

 meeting was held there some five years ago. A number of 

 fine new buildings have been erected, additional land has been 

 acquired, and the campus and adjoining grounds have been 

 laid out and beautified with trees, flowers and shrubbery. 



