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tant we have had, because I believe success upon the farm 

 depends as much upon our help as anything else. If we 

 have poor help, we certainly can't make much on our farms. 



I take great pleasure in introducing Burton W. Potter, 

 Esq., of Worcester, who will speak on " The farm help prob- 

 lem." 



Mr. Pottee. I think I have a very hard subject to handle, 

 and I haven't prepared what might be called an economic 

 address, padded with figures and phrases that are familiar 

 to every student of political economy. It is a practical sub- 

 ject, and I have tried to treat it in a practical way, and to 

 make some suggestions that we all would be able to follow, 

 in some measure at least, if we desired to do so. 



