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that were selliiiii' perhaps this year for 75 cents and $1 a 

 bushel, a little later were selling for one-third more, and 

 I don't know but for double that amonnt. I know that the 

 added profit would easily pay the interest on the investment. 

 Mr. G. F. Morse. Would it not be valuable for Bartlett 

 pears ? They are a quick-ripening, quick-softening pear, and 

 I should think it would be just as valuable for them as it 

 would for apples. I believe that it could be profitably used 

 for both pears and peaches. In the early part of September, 

 when the Elbertas come along, if a man could hold back a 

 week he would undoubtedly double the price ; this could also 

 be done with pears, and especially witb Bartletts. It doesn't 

 make any difference what a man is selling, if be can bold 

 back for a few days, say a week to two weeks, he will often 

 double the price received and sometimes even more. Cold 

 storage belps out the other fellow who has not such facilities, 

 also, in jjreventing a glut on the market. If every grower 

 were equipped with a plant, j^rices would be better and the 

 fruit season would last longer for the consumer. 



Afternoon Session. 



Secretary Ellsworth. I wish to introduce the gentleman 

 who represents the Amherst Agricultural Society upon the 

 State Board of Agriculture. Mr. Howard A. Parsons. 



Mr. Parsons. Ladies and Gentlemen : We have here in 

 Massachusetts an agricultural college which we feel some- 

 times is the fountain of all knowledge, and our college grows 

 better every day, but still we don't claim to have all the 

 knowledge ; and this afternoon we have with us Prof. James 

 C. Rice, Cornell University, Ithaca, N^. Y., who will give us 

 a stcreopticon lecture on " Some Practical Points in the 

 Management of Poultry for Egg Production." 



