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My plan will remedy that defect, and at the same time make 

 farming easier. It is certainly easier to plan for and care for 

 a few specialities than it is to grow a whole line of productions. 

 I have tried both ways and so do not speak without experience. 



My twenty-seven years in the nursery business gave me a 

 chance to work where there was more detail and more varieties 

 than in any ordinary farming. Probably none of your branches 

 of farming equals it for complications unless it is the market 

 gardeners. Whoever follows these two callings must, I suppose, 

 continue in turmoil and bear the wear and tear of the business. 



Somebody must follow such callings of course, and I would 

 not advise to abandon them, but my aim would be to simplify in 

 variety and enlarge in quantity, believing that our New^ England 

 people fritter away their time trying to care for too many things. 

 Believing that the time has fully come when choosing our pro- 

 ducts we may grow them in larger quantities and depend on 

 finding a market that will remunerate us well. 



These thoughts may not impress the older heads as sound, 

 and even if you do believe them to be correct you may not be 

 able to follow them out, but there are young men growing up 

 whose plans for life are yet to be laid. This paper may be food 

 for thought to them. If so, and it proves of any value, I shall 

 be satisfied to have presented it. 



A vote of thanks was tendered the Grange for its hospitality, 

 and the meeting adjourned. 



It was gratifying to note the interest in fruit matters among 

 those present, which promises well for more extended planting 

 of fruits in Litchfield and neighboring towns. The presence 

 of many summer visitors in these beautiful hill towns of the 

 State insures a ready market for berries and tree fruits. 



A number of growers took the opportunity afforded by this 

 meeting to become members of the Society. 



Invitations to tlie Society to hold Institutes came in thick and 

 fast during the month of March. Some had to be declined, 

 and, in order to accommodate others, two were held during the 

 same week, that at Shelton following close upon the Litchfield 

 meeting. 



