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these conditions. If by promoting agriculture we can advance all 

 other interests, no reasonable demands of the agriculturists should 

 be refused. We do not claim however that the money that is 

 appropriated for agriculture is always wisely spent, but neither is it 

 of the other appropriations. 



The greatest products of New England however are not from her 

 shops or factories, not from her great mercantile establishments, not 

 from her acres under glass, or from her great stretches of country 

 outside, but rather her splendid men and women who have gone 

 into all sections of our country with that tA^ical New England 

 education, one of the greatest principles of which is embodied in the 

 single sentence cut in the granite over the door of the court house 

 in Worcester, "Obedience to law is Liberty." 



Discussion. 



Hon. N. J. Batchelder of New Hampshire was called upon to 

 speak on the subject of the day. He said that he came simply as an 

 individual, representing no organization, but was glad to have the 

 opportunity of speaking on the subject nearest his heart, 'that of 

 the advancement of the interests of rural New England. 



He said there were great possibilities in this section of the country 

 in intensive farming and that one greenhouse might be made to 

 produce more than five western farms. The people in his city 

 were paying money for fruits and vegetables brought from distant 

 states that should be grown at home, and what was true of his city 

 was true of any city in New England. 



He stated that there never was a time in the past when the farms 

 of New England could be made as profitable as now. Good 

 markets were at our very doors and what was needed were enthu- 

 siasm and courage on the part of the owners of farms. 



George F. Ladd of Sturbridge was introduced as the husband of 

 the Lecturer. He said that an occasion like this gave him a chance 

 to talk back which could not always be safely done at home. 



Mr. Ladd emphasized the need of good roads in the work of 

 improvement of New England agriculture. It was a matter that 

 affected the pocket book of all New England. If the Government 



