SECOND DAY 



Saturdaj, January 11, 1913. 



PRESIDENT FROST. We are this morning to have a 

 lecture by Mr. M. C. Burritt, Editor of the "Tribune 

 Farmer" of New York, who will discuss "The Cost of Grow- 

 ing Apples." I hope that if there is anyone here who an- 

 ticipates the growing of apples and has not yet tried it, he 

 will study this address. Mr. Burritt is a business man, he 

 knows how to figure costs, which I think very few of us un- 

 derstand. He is not only the editor of the "Tribune 

 Farmer", but he is running a large farm of his own. He 

 will show some lantern slides, giving figures, and some slides 

 Bhowing the orchards, and after he has given his address he 

 will take up the discussion. We value our discussions as 

 smch as we do our addresses. 



I have the honor of presenting to you Mr. M. C. Bur- 

 ritt of New York. [Applause]. 



[Paper read by Mr. M. C. Burritt, with lantern slides]. 

 THE COST OF GROWING APPLES 

 M. C. Burritt, Editor of the Tribune Farmer, New York. 



Millions of apple trees have been planted in this coun- 

 try during the last decade, East, West, North and South. 

 Because most eastern orchardists have found the apple in- 

 dustry profitable, they have increased their plantings. 

 Spurred on by stories of great profits and promises of soon 

 becoming independently rich, many city persons have in- 

 vested heavily in the orchard business. Enticed by tales of 

 the abandonment of apple orcharding in the East, and of 

 fabulus returns from the king of fruits in the golden West, 

 many suckers have taken the bait and invested hundreds of 

 dollars an acre in orchard lands. 



In too many of these enterprises enthusiasm has run 

 away with good and conservative judgment. In nearly all 

 of them there has been one serious fault — the investor has 



