268 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



RECESS. 

 Dinner will be served by the Grange ladies in Mechanics' Hall. 



AFTERNOON SESSION AT 1.30 O'CLOCK. 

 ADDRESS, "Strawberries for Home and Market," 



J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury. 



ADDRESS, "Practical Methods of Growing and Marketing Fruits 



and Vegetables,'' .... Mr. A. T. Stevens, 



The Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs. 



DISCUSSION, "The Spraying Problem; Sime Timely Hints and 



Helps." . . . Mr. H. L. Frost, Arlington, Mass. 



J. Norris Barnes, Wallingford. 



DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FOLLOWING EACH 



ADDRESS. 

 A question box will be open to receive inquiries on any farm 

 topics to be discussed as time permits. This will be made a prominent 

 feature of the meeting; all are urged to bring questions and partici- 

 pate in the discussion. 



Even if you are busy you can't afford to miss this splendid meeting — 

 The best of the Winter! It will pay yon in new and helpful ideas. 



It is to be regretted that space will not admit of pub- 

 lishing' here some of the main points of the many splendid 

 addresses given at these institutes. 



The speakers at all the institutes included the workers at 

 our Experiment Stations, the faculty of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege and some of the most successful and experienced farmers 

 and fruit growers to be found in the state, and it goes without 

 saying that their talks were right to the point, extremely prac- 

 tical and helpful. 



The great value of the Farmers' Institute work is being 

 felt more and more each year. Probably no better means has 

 yet been found for the dissemination of helpful and accurate 

 knowledge and the teaching of better methods of farm practice. 



That there is room for improvement in the work no one 

 will deny. A larger provision for institutes should be made 

 by the state. A better system of management under one ef- 

 ficient head should be inaugurated, and we doubt not this will 

 be done in the very near future. But, in any case, the good 

 results of the institutes as carried out for many years by the 

 Pomological Society and other agricultural associations in 

 the state is clearly to be seen, and the value and popularity of 

 Farmers' Institutes for Connecticut is firmlv established. 



