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ties of fruit and the grading of those varieties for quality. 

 I think, Ladies and Gentlemen, that you may interested to 

 follow this movement. In just a word I will say that twen- 

 ty-five of our boys, five taken from each of five different 

 points throughout the state, earned in farm work this last 

 year, while attending school, over $5,000. (Applause). 



MR. R. H. RACE. I would like to ask a favor of Mr. 

 Hearty in behalf of the people that I represent — I live down 

 in Berkshire where we don't get so much as you do here, of 

 the good things going around. If Mr. Hearty would send 

 me a statement of condition of things in brief I would give 

 it to our local paper and get it before the people. It may 

 arouse them and get them to do things. We are going to 

 have in Great Barrington, on the 17th of February an insti- 

 tute with the Granges of "Western Massachusetts and the 

 Agricultural Society of Berkshire, and we might have it pre- 

 sented there. 



PRESIDENT FROST. Are there any other questions? 

 If not, we will adjourn until tomorrow morning at ten 

 o'clock. 



