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surface. You cultivate after that and cut off a row of thosfr 

 roots for they are nearly always up by the top. Another 

 possibility in a summer like the last is that in those cultiv- 

 ated orchards where fruit grew rapidly, in the very hot 

 weather, they came to maturity a good deal earlier in the 

 cultivated land than on the sodded. That is borne out by 

 the way in which the apples keep this year. Those from 

 th sodded trees, which matured later, kept better than 

 those on the cultivated land, which matured too soon, and 

 I am sure there are lots of people in this audience that had 

 that experience and will recognize that condition. There 

 are two sets of conditions, with two sets of reasons. (Ap- 

 plause). 



President. Owing to the limited time we will make a 

 change in the program by having the address of Mr. Castner 

 the first thing after dinner ; and we will hear a short talk 

 from Mr. Wheeler and a paper by Mrs. Shattuck. Mrs. 

 Shattuck is to speak first, Mrs. B. B. Shattuck of West Ac- 

 ton. 



A BEGINNER'S EXPERIENCE IN SELLING APPLES 

 Mrs. Bertha E. Shattuck 



There is always a reason, or group of circumstances 

 why a person enters upon a certain line of work, or makea 

 a radical change from a previous one. A city bred person, 

 who moves to a farm is often regarded as a curiosity by the 

 average city dweller. Why should one want to go? There 

 is no amusement, no excitement, few social advantages, and 

 the winters — "Oh! how can anyone stand a winter in the 

 country," they say. 



An inherent love for the country ; a desire for the peace 

 and quiet of the simple outdoor life ; a firm belief that chil- 

 dren could be brought up to be more natural and unaffected 

 on a farm, where there is a chance for quiet thought, a 

 chance for the mind and soul to develop ; and also a belief 

 that a given amount of money would enable one to live on a 

 higher standard in the country; all these reasons made me 

 decide to leave the city. Not for one moment have I regret- 

 ted the change, nor have I longed for "th flesh pots of 

 Egypt." 



In looking for a farm, I found that my knowledge of 

 values was rather limited. I wanted to rent for a year with 



