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Utmost means to put it into the markets and educate the con- 

 sumer that he had something good to eat. 



So in the work of the Pomological Society, I think the great- 

 est and the most important thing is to educate the grower. I 

 think he is the principal factor in regard to this branch of agri- 

 culture. When we look over the State of Maine and see an 

 orchard cultivated and taken care of, what do we see in the 

 owner of that orchard ? Is he a narrow minded man ? Is he an 

 undesirable citizen? Is he diminishing the wealth of his town, 

 county and state? I think not. I think you will find that he 

 is a broad minded man. a man that is bringing his town up, and 

 his county and his state. And it is the aim of the Maine State 

 Pomological Society to make not only Oxford County, but the 

 whole state, one of the best fruit growing sections in the world. 

 And our fruit is equal to it if we who are young men will only 

 take hold of the work. The obstacles are nothing but that we 

 can overcome, and it needs the young men and the young ladies 

 of the good old State of Maine to take hold of this work and 

 make it better and stronger than it is now. 



Again let me say to the citizens of the town of Norway, the 

 Maine State Pomological Society sincerely thanks you for your 

 welcome within its borders. 



