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''We will sell then, either wholesale or retail, and the 

 buyer wdll cart his own goods away, or go to the superin- 

 tendent to arrange for their delivery." 



A discussion followed the talk, and Mr. Tinker was 

 questioned about the growing of vegetables. 



In Horticultural Hall 



Horticultural Hall was taxed to its capacity, Thursday 

 afternoon, February 12, when Professor George H. Blakes- 

 lee, Clark University, spoke on '' Travels in South America,'' 

 under the direction of Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society. 



Professor Blakeslee confined his remarks chiefly to Peru, 

 Chile and Bolivia, and said the opening of the Panama 

 canal will bring South America into greater trade connec- 

 tions than now exist. 



He showed an outline map and explained the weather 

 conditions that prevail, saying the Andes range, in cutting 

 off the winds from the coast, renders the territory so dry 

 that rain seldom falls in some parts of Peru. 



''It would be impossible to judge Peru from the desert 

 country," said Professor Blakeslee, "for there are the irri- 

 gated valleys where cotton of a peculiar nature growls from 

 15 to 20 inches in height, and is called peruvian cotton. 



"Water is brought many miles to the irrigated regions, 

 through iron pipes, and the mule also is used as a water 

 carrier. Sugar is another crop growing in Peru, and al- 

 though much of the old custom prevails on the sugar cane 

 plantation, modern methods are being introduced." 



Has Views of Europe 



President J. Lewis Ellsworth of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce spoke on "Cooperation and Marketing in Europe," 

 Thursday afternoon, February 19, in Horticultural Hall, 



