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of that kind here in our state. No plans were laid out by the 

 committee, however, and we did not meet the issue, because 

 the frost met us before. We have not yet struck the flood - 

 tide of prosperity in Connecticut. Our markets here have 

 kept pace marvelously with our production, but adversity will 

 surely come some day unless we are prepared for it. I fear un- 

 til we have a little of it it will be hard to make our people do 

 much. It is hard to make people do anything unless they 

 have to, and until we have gone through one year of real thor- 

 ough mix-up and disaster I fear we shall not come together as 

 we ought. If we could come together through local associa- 

 tion and united effort it would undoubtedly be of great benefit. 

 When that is done, the very first question that will confront 

 us will be the question of money. How much money will you 

 put in? There is no use in putting a man's name on the list, 

 and there is no use in making a move in any way at all until 

 you know how much capital each man will put into the work, 

 because in looking up markets, and in attending to various 

 matters that will have to be taken care of, somebody has got to 

 be paid. Associated efforts of this kind have failed, and always 

 will fail, I don't care where they are, because some man has 

 done the work, and then when they passed around the hat 

 those that were benefited did not chip in. If we are going to 

 do anything of this sort in Connecticut, let us raise the money 

 first and then do the work afterwards." (Applause.) 



The President: "We have a man with us who is not 

 the king of the peach business, but who is king of gardeners 

 in Connecticut, and he will give us ' the outlook for the small 

 fruit grower.' Mr. A. N. Farnham, of New Haven." 



THE OUTLOOK FOR SMALL FRUIT GROWERS 



Mr. Farnham: "When I received the program on Sat- 

 urday of last week I found that our worthy secretary had 

 placed me upon it for a speech on ' The Outlook for Small- 

 Fruit Growers.' This was news to me, for I took it from his 

 letter that he wanted me to say something not only about the 

 growing of small fruits, but to make some observations on the 

 past season in the same general way, and as I prepared my 



