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people. There is one of the great causes, to my mind, of 

 the difficulty which we constantly meet, of young men 

 objecting so much to remaining upon the farm. You see I 

 come back, no matter what the topic of discussion may be, 

 to the young men, because I have a good deal of sympathy 

 for them. 1 am a young man myself, in spite of gray hairs, 

 and hope I always shall be. But I tell you these things are 

 of great importance to us who are interested in New 

 England, believing, as we do, that there is a possible future 

 brighter and better for us, and that we can secure more 

 than we have in the past. In order to do this, we must 

 come right down the a, b, c, commencing with our roads 

 and roadsides, our dooryards and our homes, and then 

 reaching out over our farms ; and in that way I think that 

 the question will solve itself. Let us never forget that — 



" God gives no measui'e unto man unless by meed of labor, 

 And cost of worth has always been the closest neighbor ; 

 Up the broad stairs that value rears stand motives beckoning earth- 

 ward, 

 To summon men to nobler spheres and lead them worthward." 



Mr. Grinnell. Mr. Chairman, the time has about 

 arrived for the close of this meeting. I beg to say, as one 

 coming from the western part of the State, that I think 

 it has been a most successful and agreeable meeting. 

 I think the experiment of having it here in the city of 

 Boston has proved a good one, and much of the pleasure 

 and comfort which we have enjoyed here is due to the 

 generosity of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 I therefore move that the thanks of the Board of Agriculture 

 be hereby tendered to the officers of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, for their kind attention in giving 

 us the use of this hall and the facilities appurtenant to it. 



This motion was carried, and the meeting then adjourned, 

 sine die. 



