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as far as possible with the Hmited time and funds at command, 

 were granted and institutes arranged for. 



The opening- institute was held by the Pomological So- 

 ciety at Collinsville early in December. This was followed 

 by meetings at Southington and Danbury during the month of 

 January; at Waterbury, Feb loth ; Trumbull, Feb. 17th; Rock- 

 ville, Feb. i8th. Then a week's series of institutes was ar- 

 ranged, covering Cannon, Woodbridge, Westfield and Coven- 

 try, with the Hon. Mortimer Whitehead of New Jersey as the 

 leading speaker, assisted by workers from within the state. 



This was a most successful series and productive of much 

 good. Brother Whitehead gave very practical talks on general 

 fruit culture and was enthusiastically received in every in- 

 stance. We regret that it is impossible to give here a more 

 detailed report of his addresses. 



The next institutes were at Plainville and Clinton, and for 

 the second week in March another series of institutes was 

 carried out with Mr. J. D. Deitrich of Pennsylvania as the 

 principal speaker. His addresses were on intensive dairying, 

 and in addition the program comprised talks by leading fruit 

 growers. Berlin, Cheshire, Winsted and East Haddam had 

 these institutes and all were successful in point of attendance 

 and interest. 



The Pomological Society's institute work for the winter 

 closed with a series of meetings held at New Canaan, Green- 

 field Hill, Andover, Danielson and Bethlehem the week of 

 March 15th. 



Mr. R. H. Race of Massachusetts was the leading speaker 

 at four of these meetings, giving splendid talks on strawberry 

 growing and marketing. Together with some of the leading 

 Connecticut workers he made the series profitable and suc- 

 cessful in conclusion. 



The "consolidation plan" of holding institutes, while not 

 by any means perfect, yet proved to be a step forward in the 

 direction of better planned and more profitable institutes, avoid- 

 ing among other things any confliction as to dates and loca- 

 tions. 



The experiment of 1904, however, plainly showed the need 

 of even a better system of institute work, with a general direc- 



