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peach orcharding. Mr. Barnes was not only a successful 

 business man of New Haven, but he was also a partner in 

 orchard ventures in Wallingford and Middlefield. He early 

 saw the possibilities in investing in Connecticut fruit lands, 

 and it is to be regretted that he did not live to see the full re- 

 sults of this faith in the planting of fruits. 



Hon. George M. Clark, of Haddam, died during the 

 winter of 1908. Mr. Clark, who had been a member of the 

 Society and interested in its work for many years, was a 

 well-known and picturesque figure in Connecticut agricul- 

 ture, in thq political and civic life of the State and of his 

 native town. He was famed as the inventor and manu- 

 facturer of the well-known Cutaway tools, which have 

 played so important a part in soil cultivation the world 

 over. Mr. Clark made a special study of the grass crop 

 and was perhaps best known to the farmers of the coun- 

 try as the "grass culture crank." His phenomenal crops 

 of grass were grown by intensive methods and he freely 

 gave to others the benefit of his successful experience with 

 this important farm crop. Original and somewhat eccen- 

 tric in many of his ideas, Mr. Clark was nevertheless a man 

 of marked ability and his death removes a strong person- 

 ality from Connecticut agriculture. 



Dr. Wm. J. Ford, of Washington, a well-known physi- 

 cian of Litchfield County, and a man deeply interested in 

 horticulture and rural welfare. 



Silas A. Griswold, of West Hartford — a long-time 

 member of the Society and one interested in all its work, 

 particularly the exhibitions, where, with his brother, he was 

 a frequent exhibitor of choice fruit. 



N. N. King, of Snf field. Mr. King was a veteran fruit 

 grower and an active member of the Society since 1895. 

 He was a man of hig-h Christian character and will be 



