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which have attained sufficient growth to add materially to 

 the natural attraction of the location. The various depart- 

 ments of the college are in competent hands and the machin- 

 ery of the institution is running' as smoothly as it is possible 

 for one of such size and extent. All this was noted with 

 gratification by the visitors, and President Beach and his as- 

 sistants received many well merited compliments. 



The field meeting was arranged for through the kindness 

 of Prof. A. G. Gulley and the other college officers, and 

 while not all the members of the faculty were at home — Au- 

 gust being the vacation month at Storrs — those who were 

 on hand did all in their power to make the visitors welcome 

 and their stay comfortable, interesting and profitable. 



The fruit men, many of whom were accompanied by their 

 wives, began to arrive at the college Tuesday forenoon, mak- 

 ing the trip from Willimantic in automobiles. This arrange- 

 ment afforded a quick and pleasant mode of reaching Storrs. 

 A number came by train to Eagleville, where they were met 

 by the college stage. After arriving each visitor registered 

 and was then assigned to quarters in Storrs Hall, the boys' 

 dormitory. Those accompanied by ladies were entertained 

 in Grove Cottage, which is used by the girl students during 

 the college year. Dinner in the college dining hall was next 

 on the program, after which the visitors were taken in charge 

 by Prof. Gulley, and the afternoon spent in a tour of the 

 orchards and fields. 



Prof. Gulley is a firm believer in sight-seeing and out- 

 door instruction at field meetings, consequently but little time 

 was spent indoors listening to speeches. Teams were provid- 

 ed for the ladies, while the gentlemen walked. The first ob- 

 jective p n'lit was the large orchards and vineyards located 

 on a distant hill some distance from the campus. This or- 

 chard is known as the "trial orchard" and contains one or 

 two trees of a large number of varieties of such fruits as 

 apples, plums, peas, peaches, etc. But few of the apple trees 

 are in bearing this year, but the other fruits are more plenti- 

 ful. An excellent opportunity was afforded to study the dif- 



