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Now I realize that I am not the only speaker this evening. 

 There are other speakers, but I want to say to you, my friends, 

 that I believe in farming, that I love it as a work, that I want 

 to see more young men remain on the farms in Maine. Take 

 the boys who remain on the farms in our State, and compare 

 them with those who have gone west, and you will find that 

 those who have remained here have been more successful. 

 The Grange has done a great work. People get together that 

 represent different kinds of business. And it is essential, Mr. 

 Chairman, that farmers get together and talk over the best 

 way to do things, exchange ideas, each one giving his experi- 

 ence of how he has raised a beautiful apple. It is a wonder- 

 ful work you are doing, and I want it to go on. I want the 

 59,000 farmers in the State of Maine to double in the next 

 ten years, as they have nearly doubled in the past ten years. 

 I want on the 59,000 well kept farms — and we have but three 

 thousand unoccupied, untilled farms in the State of Maine, 

 and those are rapidly being taken up — I want on every farm 

 that can raise an apple tree to have hundreds set the next 

 spring. We will never be able to supply the demand for fine 

 fruit. It is bringing more money every day. Ten years ago 

 you never saw an apple in a box as you see them here tonight. 

 And many different ways can be provided, by discussing these 

 matters, whereby you can place your product on the market. 

 And always have in mind that one word and one thing, — 

 quality. 



Now, Mr. President, I bring you the greetings of our entire 

 people. I am glad to be here. I am proud of the farmers of 

 the State of Maine. A more intelligent people cannot be 

 brought together than the men and women representmg the 

 farms of the State of Maine. 



