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on the amount of business done. Any man Avho has land 

 and is raising- stuif must study liis marl^et and his land, and 

 see what his land will produce that he can sell in his market, 

 wherever it is ; and the greater price per bushel which the 

 produce usually carries should govern liim largely in selling 

 market-garden products . 



Mr. George M. Whitakeu (of Winthrop). If the dis- 

 cussion of this question is over and the meeting is about 

 to adjourn, there is a matter I would like to bring to your 

 attention. I think it will be universally admitted that prob- 

 ably no one has, and certainly very few have, done as much 

 for New England agriculture during the last forty years as 

 Mr. A. W. Cheever of this State, who is now on his death- 

 bed, although his mind is as clear as ever ; and I move that 

 the secretary be requested to wire Mr, Cheever this after- 

 noon the greetings of this meeting, its cordial appreciation 

 of his life work for agriculture, and its sincere sympathy in 

 his suffering. 



The motion was carried unanimously. 



Adjourned at 12.15 p.m. 



Afternoox Session. 



The meeting was called to order at 2 p.m. by Secretary 

 Ellsworth, who said : It is my pleasure to introduce to you 

 Hon. William H. Spooner of Jamaica Plain, a member of 

 the Board, who will preside this afternoon. 



The Chair. Perhaps there is no subject connected with 

 asfriculture in Massachusetts that needs more attention than 

 that of fruit culture. Two years ago I called at the office 

 of one of our largest exporters of apples, and he showed me 

 quotations from Liverpool, where Baldwin apples No. 1 and 

 No. 2 from Maine were quoted, and No. 1 from Massachu- 

 setts, and the (luotation for Massachusetts apples was less 

 than the quotation for No. 2 from Maine. Now, I felt mor- 

 tified at that. It seemed to me, as farmers, we ought to 

 change that condition. This aftx^rnoon we have a lecture on 

 "The soil: importance of its character for the culture of 

 fruit." I have the pleasure of introducing to you Mr. 

 George T. Powell, president of the Agricultui'al Experts 

 Association, New York City. 



