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and that the different organizations should work hand in hand. 

 Those people who, like our friend Hale, have made a success 

 of fruit growino-. show their ability to adapt the soil to their 

 wants, — and if every fruit grower is honest enough and good 

 business man enough to put just as good apples and peaches 

 in the bottom of the box as he puts on the top, his success is 

 assm-ed. Remember, it is necessary that people have confi- 

 dence in the individual. 



There is one thing that Professor Clinton alluded to in 

 his speech that is near to my heart, and that is the rural 

 schools of our country. I have just been interested in making 

 an effort to improve the school conditions in my little town of 

 Orange, by building a school-house in the center of the town. 

 I feel this is a question that should be of vital interest to every 

 person in this room. We should adopt the recommendation 

 of the State Board of Education and centralize and improve 

 the rural schools, for in our rural schools rests the safety of 

 our State institutions. 



ToASTAiASTEii Hale : One other kindred organization — 

 the State Poultry Association — and its members are good 

 friends of ours, is represented here by its president. I am 

 going to ask Mr. Cosgrove to give us his recipe for making- 

 hens lay eggs at this season of the year. 



Mr. George A, Cosgrove : I didn't expect to be called up- 

 on to say anything to-night. I remember when the Southerners 

 in New York had a banquet, an Atlanta editor made a speech 

 in which he told of the Boys in Gray having hearts of gold. 

 That speech went all over the country. Connecticut can 

 boast of having a man not only with heart of gold, but "Gold ' 

 all over. There he sits now — the president of the Pomolog- 

 ical Society. As I sat here and thought of the tremendous 

 amount of work involved in making this banquet a success, I 

 said to myself, I know President Gold of the Pomological 

 Society and President Lee of the Dairymen's Association can 

 join with me in saying what a fine thing it is to have an effi- 

 cient secretary, upon whom the bulk of the labor falls in the 



