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there is need of conservatism to steady the movement, and, 

 fortunately, this element is not wanting. 



Agricultural education, now so generally diffused, is help- 

 ing greatly to lift the burdens of former years, and to make 

 the farm home attractive. New industries have crowded out 

 the old, and our young men are beginning to realize the pos- 

 sibilities of agriculture in Connecticut under the new regime. 

 The allurements of the city are losing their fascination, and 

 the professions are crowded to nearly their limit. Such a 

 combination of influences are gradually working out the prob- 

 lems of production and profit, and the new century is full of 

 promise for the Connecticut farmer. 



The methods of the past demanding the severest and most 

 constant toil are left behind, but they dictated and fostered 

 a social, civil, and religious sturdiness of character that has 

 made Connecticut the synonym of integrity, intelligence, and 

 progress, and is to-day her guarantee of future prosperity. 

 The depression of agriculture during the last few decades has 

 dotted some sections of Connecticut with abandoned farms, 

 greatly increased our forest area, and is chiefly responsible 

 for the exodus of young men and young women from the 

 home farm to some land of promise. The work of subjuga- 

 tion must be renewed. These old hills must be brought back 

 to cultivation and made again to teem with flocks and herds. 

 This is our necessity, and therefore it is not prophecy. The 

 farmer of the future, equipped with the appliances evolved by 

 necessity, aided by invention, approved by science, and with 

 the stimulus of an intelligent and steady purpose and a love 

 for his profession, will surely be found fully equal to his task. 



PROF. L. P. CHAMBERLAIN, 



Connecticut Agricultural College. 



CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



N. S. Platt, President, New Haven ; H. C. C. Miles, Secretary, Milford ; 

 Roswell A. Moore, Treasurer, Kensington. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. C. Sternberg, President, West Hartford; L. H. Mead, Secretary, Ke- 

 ney Park Nursery, Hartford ; W. W. Hunt, Treasurer, Hartford. 



