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ilislrict scliool, and if there is anything- you can do to improve 

 those conditions, that yon will do it right away. In some of 

 the States they have organized a demonstration train. My 

 friend. Professor Surface, tells me he is anxious to get away 

 from here to go with a part}- on such a train, that the officials 

 of the Pennsylvania Railroad have for several weeks been 

 running through Pennsylvania. I am thankful we live in a 

 State where we don't need to run trains through the country 

 in order to inform the people. There are some advantages 

 in little Connecticut ; you who live in the farthest points of 

 the State can come to these meetings, attend the sessions dur- 

 ing the day and spend the night at your homes ; this is due 

 to the fact that our towns are so well connected by railroads 

 and the trolley system. We are proud of our State. We 

 are proud of our men. We are proud of our apples. 



ToASTMASTER Hale : Our success in fruit culture 

 depends largely upon ourselves, our location and our soil ; 

 also upon the methods w^e use to develop our fruits, plants 

 and vines. When we are in doubt about what we should do, 

 we have our experiment station at New Haven to guide us ; 

 there they give us the standard of various fertilizers that are 

 gave his fine puppy to his Irish friend, and when a few months 

 on the market. You have heard the story of the man who 

 later he came to visit the Irishman, he inquired for the dog 

 and was told he was dead, having swallowed a tape measure. 

 The man, thinking to be funny, said, "So, Patrick, the poor 

 dog died by inches, did he?" "Faith, no," replied Patrick, 

 "he went round back of the house and died by the yard." 

 Dr. Jenkins, director of the experiment station, will speak to 

 you, and tell a ou what he knows, or doesn't know, about cer- 

 tain things. 



Dr. E. H. Jenkins: 1 am very grateful for the privi- 

 lege of telling you what 1 d<» know, or don't know about cer- 

 tain things. Sometimes, when the Toastmaster is speaking, 

 I have to wonder which side he is on. 



T am glad to be here in attendance ui)oii this uni(|ue ban- 

 quet. The nienu has kept us guessing- all the way through 

 as to what thing was coming next. There was only one thing 



