110 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



had to leave them on the trees. It is an actual fact. In 

 the section of country where I live it is almost impossible 

 to get good farm help. 



Professor Waugh . I don't know as I can tell you. One 

 of tlie reasons why fruit can be grown profitably in Massa- 

 chusetts is because it is easy ordinaril}^ to get help. The 

 best place to raise fruit is near large cities. One of the 

 most important things is to be able to get Avomen and 

 children to pick. Around large cities it is always possible to 

 get a good corps of pickers. It is almost impossible to raise 

 fruit Avhen you cannot get pickers. Here in western Mas- 

 sachusetts I am told it is almost impossible to get pickers. 



Professor Sanborx. I have adopted this })lan. I have 

 put a little cottage on the farm, and put a man and his Avife 

 on it. Ordinarily, a man has no attachment for the farm. 

 He Avorks usually but for a few months. You place him 

 in a cottage Avith his Avife and children, and organize the 

 farm so as to keep him busy the year round, and you Avill 

 find the (juostion is partly settled. The Avife and children 

 are able to help, also. But I believe the demand Avill fur- 

 nish the supply after a Avhilc. 



Secretary Stockavell. The Sutton Beauty I have a right 

 to be proud of, because it originated in my native town, 

 and because it is such an advance as an apple for the market. 

 I am a believer in the Bakhvin. It has been a Avonderful 

 apple for us, but we do not believe avc have reached perfec- 

 tion in anything yet. AVe have a right to look forAvard to 

 something better. I believe something better than the 

 Baldwin has been found. The Sutton Beauty is taking its 

 place. 



Evening Session. 



The evening session was called to order by Vice-President 

 Sessions, Avho said: "Mr. Forbush, the lecturer of the 

 evening, is an ornithologist by profession, and has spent 

 many and many a day in collecting specimens and in study- 

 ing the habits of birds, and during the past months he has 

 been spending his leisure time in that Avay. I have the 

 pleasure of introducing to you ]\Ir. EdAvard II. Forbush of 

 Wareham, Mass. 



