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every point. The college graduate should not scorn the prac- 

 tical in life. The college course is only the beginning of our 

 preparation for life's work. 



Mr. George A. Cosgrove, president of the Connecticut 

 Poultry Association, was invited to address the meeting, 

 which he did in a witty and entertaining manner. He gave an 

 account of his experiences on an abandoned Connecticut farm 

 for the past fifteen years, and said he went into poultry keep- 

 ing to make a living, still he believed that there is profit in 

 fruit growing. Poultry and fruit growing go well together, 

 especially the raising of the small fruits. This combination 

 makes a steady income every day in the year. Mr. A. J. 

 Pierpont of Waterbury was the next speaker, responding for 

 the Connecticut Dairymen's Association. 



A question as to the value of hogs in an orchard brought 

 forth various expressions of opinion, many favoring their 

 use as cultivators of the orchard. Mr. Gold, however, was 

 not in favor of the practice, believing that they injure the 

 trees too much. 



The last address was by Prof. Charles A. Wheeler of the 

 college, who told of his vacation visits to the Yale Forestry 

 School at Milford, Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural College at Amherst. He drew many profitable 

 lessons from what he had seen. He said that the Massa- 

 chusetts College is doing much for the improvement of coun- 

 try life conditions, and in securing cooperation among farm- 

 ers. Cooperation in putting up fruits for market and adver- 

 tising them under a certain brand or name offers great pos- 

 sibilities. The great problem in Connecticut to-day, as in 

 every other state, is "how to make agriculture profitable." 

 The disorganized condition of farmers and the competition to 

 be met are important factors, and must be remedied before 

 better conditions can exist. "The farmer is worthy of a larg- 

 er return for his labors," said Professor Wheeler. 



Before the meeting closed, President Gold called atten- 

 tion to the coming New England Fruit Show to be held at 

 Boston in October, and urged all the fruit growers to aid in 



