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in thousands of trees of other varieties and wait your chance 

 then the thing to do is to stick to what the market wants. 



Speaking on this money question, I rejoice to see the 

 change which is taking; place, and I rejoice to say to-day that 

 you are going to have more accommodation. I have tried to 

 do as well as I could by the horticulture of Connecticut besides 

 looking out for myself, but I want to give you just a little liit 

 of advice. Those of you who have not very much money to 

 lose, if you want to make some money, just lay low for the 

 next few years, and you will be able to buy orchards for about 

 half what it costs to build them up. 



President Rogers : I believe there is some truth in 

 what Brother Hale has just said, but one thing that I have 

 gone by in setting out Baldwins for the last few years is this : 

 For the last five years, if you w^ere to go to a nursery, one 

 that you could depend upon, and ask what varieties they had, 

 you would find that they had about everything all sold out 

 except Baldwins. Everybody has set out Macintosh Red, or 

 Wealthy, or some of these other newer apples. My father al- 

 ways told me, when I was a boy, "When potatoes are cheap 

 plant all you can. You can sell them when they are dear and 

 sell them all.'' I am going along the same line. When peach- 

 es are high, the tendency is for people to flock into the busi- 

 ness, and the next year they will be so cheap that you can 

 hardly give them away. That is the idea. 



Now, is there some other question? 



A Member: Mr. Chairman, have you had Question No. 

 17 up? 



President Rcigers: No, I think not. "What is the 

 present situation with regard to damage to fruit trees by 

 deer? How shall we arrive at a fair valuation in assessing 

 such damage?" That is a good question. A great many of 

 you know that for the last four years I have been trying 

 very hard to do away with the deer in the state of Connecti- 

 cut. They have damaged me a great deal. I never have 

 asked this state for a dollar for the damage. I think this 



