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THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



greenhouse man, stable man, book keeper and several fore- 

 men, each supplied with the tools and materials or helpers he 

 may need to do his particular work. The help is worked in 

 small gangs of seven to fifteen. Where such an equipment or 

 plant is found, it has been developed only through years of 

 'experience and profitable business. 



Winter work for the men consists largely of caring for the 

 stored stufif and preparing it for market. Greenhouses and 

 hotbeds make lots of work, for most of the labor in them is 

 done by hand and the best culture is given to stufif under glass. 



Electric lights in wash shed, shop and barn enable the 

 farmer to keep his help working to advantage full time, and 

 most farmers find the help is best satisfied where it has to put 

 in full time. They do not expect to have their day cut short 

 at either end. 



The market garden farmer is a good business man. He 

 tends strictly to business. He is continually studying the cost 

 of production. He is trying to produce a little better article 

 than anyone else, or to be in the market a little ahead of his 

 neighbors. He studies and watches the market. He notes 

 the change in popularity of vegetables. He tries to make his 

 equipment first class. He sometimes enters into politics and 

 is in most cases well able to discharge the duties of the office 

 he holds. 



He lives with his family in a modern house, often sur- 

 rounded by beautiful trees, shrubs and lawns, which gives ^ 

 general expression of peace and prosperity with which every- 

 one who pursues his vocation intelligently should be rewarded. 



He keeps a driving horse, and often a pair, and takes all 

 the pleasure and prestige which success in any business gives 

 its manager. 



At the conclusion of this very practical ackU'ess the speak- 

 er was kept busy for a time answering the many questions put 

 to him. Tlie discussion was participated in by many well- 

 .■known market gardeners of the state, who Vscre on hand to 

 profit by Mr. Howard's lecture. 



