Field Meeting at the State Rxperiment 

 Station 



AUGUST 28, 1900, the Society visited the Connecticut 

 Experiment Station, at New Haven, and received a 

 cordial welcome from the director, Dr. E. H. Jenkins, 

 and other members of the staff. The visitors availed themselves 

 of the opportunity offered to look over the various departments 

 of the Station and note the valuable scientific work being car- 

 ried on in the interests of the farmer, especially the investiga- 

 tion of the adulterations in foods, the studying of plant diseases 

 and injurious insects, experiments with fertilizers, etc. A 

 bountiful lunch was partaken of on the lawn, under the trees, 

 following which brief remarks were listened to from G. S. 



THE PLANT HOME AT BRANFORD 



Butler, of Cromwell ; B. C. Patterson, Torrington, master 

 of the State Grange; W. M. Tyler, Waterbury, and Mr. J. 

 H. Hale, who called attention to the value of the Experiment 

 Station and the need of cooperation between farmers' organi- 

 zations and the Station. Incidentally Mr. Hale threw out 

 the point that the present season he had been successful in 



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