TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Conclusion. 



And what of the results : Are the New York fruit 

 growers successful? What shall be our measure of success? 

 Will it all be measured in terms of dollars and cents alone? 

 Even with this very selfish and earthl)^ end in view, we are 

 meting- out a g-ood measure of success. Our groiwers are in- 

 dependent, their farms are free from debt, and they possess 

 many of the real luxuries of life. In common with other 

 sections, better farm conditions have developed. 



But better than the increase of gold and silver alone, 

 there has come an increased development of mental power. 

 Fruit growing has taken the farmer out of the rut of years 

 — has made him a living, thinking being, one who must be 

 ever alive to the conditions about him, else these conditions 

 overtake him and destroy his work of a season. With this 

 broader outlook of success. New York fruit growers are sat- 

 isfied. Their homes are happy and they are living in a fuller 

 and more complete way, getting closer to nature and to God. 

 Dean Bailey, in one of his choice little verses, expressed the 

 thought beautifully in this : 



Weather and wind and waning moon, 



Plain and hilltop under the sky, 

 Ev'ning, morning and blazing noon, 



Brother of all the world am I. 

 The pine-tree, linden, and the maize, 



The insect, squirrel and the kine, 

 Ail-natively they live their days 



As they live theirs, so I live mine. 

 I know not where, I know not what: — 



Believing none and doubting none 

 Whate'er befalls it counteth not, 



Nature and Time and I are one. 



Discussion. 



Vice-President Drew in the chair. 



Vice-President Drew : We still have a few moments 

 before we go on with the next subject. ATr. Tenny is still 



