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college courses. At the present time the buildings and equip- 

 ment of the college itself are hardly adequate to the demands 

 made upon them. It is to be hoped that the incoming Legisla- 

 ture may see fit to grant such requests for additional buildings 

 and equipment as, in the opinion of those in charge, are needed. 

 To this end, then, it would seem to your secretary that the 

 energy of those who are directing the development and growth 

 of the college should be applied, first of all, to the development 

 of the college as an institution to which every son of Massa- 

 chusetts who has the desire may turn, with the assurance that 

 nowhere can be obtained a more adequate training in the 

 principles and practice of agriculture. Centralization of effort 

 is productive of the largest results, and surely such results are 

 what we most desire and what the people of the State most 

 deserve from this one of the educational institutions of the 

 State which is peculiarly their own. 



Massachusetts Fruit Show. 

 Believing that the interests of the fruit-growing industry in 

 Massachusetts could best be served by the holding of an ex- 

 hibition in the State every year, instead of every other year, 

 as is the case with the New England Fruit Show, the Board of 

 Agriculture was instrumental in the planning of the first Mas- 

 sachusetts Fruit Show, and was greatly assisted in the carrying 

 out of the undertaking by the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' 

 Association. The appropriation of $2,000 for special exhibitions 

 was this year partially devoted to this purpose, and the show 

 was held in Horticultural Hall November 7-10, in connection 

 with the annual chrysanthemum exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. At this show was again pre- 

 sented to the great consuming public of the city of Boston, 

 and all others who chose to attend, some of the choicest fruit 

 obtainable, all grown right here in Massachusetts. This 

 method of advertising the products and the possibilities of 

 our Massachusetts soil cannot be too highly commended. The 

 attention which the various exhibits of fruit attracted was 

 very gratifying and was also indicative of the ever-increasing 

 interest on the part of the consumer in native-grown products. 

 As a sort of supplement to the fruit show an exhibition of some 



