12 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Paid whom? The exhibitors, the Secretary, the Treasurer, 

 the Committee, or the lookers on? Although, personally, my 

 check was not very large, I believe the exhibitors received a 

 fair return for their services rendered. Officers and committees 

 always work for love, and the measure of their profit is whether 

 they can still maintain friendly relations with the recipients of 

 their gratuitous services. On this basis I believe the second 

 class in pomology found the meeting profitable, and now if the 

 third class, who are principally ourselves, learned to respect, 

 honor, love and help one another more, there can be no question 

 but the exhibit which drew us together in friendly competition 

 and intercourse was of lasting benefit and profit. The exhibi- 

 tion was the largest we have ever held, and the class of exhibits 

 very creditable, all things being considered, although not an 

 improvement on those shown in 1900. As conditions were 

 much less favorable, an improvement could hardly have been 

 expected. 



The prizes were all awarded to citizens of the interior coun- 

 ties, with the single exception of C. I. Allen, who possibly 

 carried off honors enough for the whole four border counties. 



We hope these exhibits will be continued, that the competition 

 will be closer and larger, and the exhibits even more profitable 

 to all interested. 



The President: What will you do with this report? Will 

 you act upon it now? 



Motion made and seconded that the report be accepted. 



Passed. 



Now if there is nothing more about this report of Air. Butler's 

 we will call on Mr. Hale to report as Chairman of the Com- 

 mittee on "Markets and Transportation." 



Mr. J. H. Hale: Mr. Chairman, and Ladies and Gentlemen: 

 Your Committee on Markets and Transportation has never 

 seen any very important work to do until this last season's 

 large peach crop throughout the State convinced us that per- 

 haps we might do something to see if the crop could not be 

 handled more readily. I thought something ought to be done, 

 especially as a large number of the growers were handling 

 a crop for the first time. To do good work in this line it was 

 necessary to ascertain as nearly as possible the volume of the 

 crop, and so, early in August, I wrote a personal letter to a 



