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THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



express his thanks to those who have been patiently request- 

 ing demonstrations on their farms and in their vicinities. At 

 the same time he begs for continued patience and forbearance. 

 The work will be extended as rapidly as possible, and in the 

 selection of the locations the relative needs of the people and 

 the accessibility of the orchards will be considered. 



There are a great many people calling for this demon- 

 stration work right along, and it is very hard to say where 

 we s'll^ll go next. In our work we try to consider the needs 

 of the people of that vicinity, and the accessibility of the or- 

 chard, accessibility both from the standpoint of the neigh- 

 bors and that of location for other reasons. I hope if any 

 of the people are here who have made application they will 

 kindly remember that we cannot be in every place at once, 

 and we are going to cover the state just as quickly as we can 

 consistent with our money supply and our time. The work 

 will necessarily have to go slowly. The season is very short. 

 We could go out on a good many days in the winter time and 

 give a demonstration if we knew what the weather was going 

 to be, but we cannot count on that much before the middle 

 of March, and last year we were unsuccessful in hitting our 

 dates right. Some of you were present at some of those 

 mieetings. It was not very pleasant to stand around in the 

 chill air while the work was going on. In previous seasons 

 when we did demonstration work at about tlie same dates we 

 had very nice weather. We cannot count on more than a 

 few demonstrations during the season at the most, because 

 we must count on having a good deal of bad weather, and 

 oftentimes we could crowd two or three demonstrations in on 

 the same day, but if we do that then they begin to overlap, 

 especially if we get too many in the same week. 



I do not believe there is anything more to say. I could 

 say a whole lot about methods of taking care of this work, 

 but I do not believe I ought to take the time just now. I 

 will stop right here. I thank you. 



