118 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Mr. WiiEELET?. The thing to use for the aphis is tobacco 

 extract of some kind. One that has done good service this 

 summer is called " Black Leaf-40." It is advertised in the 

 papers. The Nicotocide Company of Louisville makes 

 tobacco products splendid for this. 



Question. I notice quite a lot of green lice on the apple 

 trees. 



Ifr. Wheeler. Yes, you will find them green and black 

 and red. 



TiriED Day. 



Secretary Ellswoeth. It is my pleasure to introduce to 

 you as presiding officer one of our largest market gardeners, 

 a member of the Board of Agriculture from the Essex Agri- 

 cultural Society, one of the grand old societies of the State. 

 He has taken a great interest in the Board and you always 

 see him where there is work to be done. Mr. Frederick A. 

 Russell of Methucn. 



Mr. Feedeimck A. Russell. It afi^ords me great pleasure 

 to be present and to preside at this meeting. We learned 

 last night that in Framingham a house is finished every 

 thirty-six hours. This means that there are going to be con- 

 sumers to occupy these houses, and it means that it is up to 

 you and me, fellow farmers, to supply the demands of those 

 consumers, for Framingham is only one out of many rapidly 

 growing cities and towns in our Commonwealth. We have, 

 I believe, a better opportunity for market gardening here 

 in Massachusetts than in any other State in the Union. Our 

 markets are such that we can load our produce onto our own 

 wagons and thus eliminate freight or expressage. 



Mr. Chairman, I am very glad, indeed, to have the next 

 speaker with us to-day. Meeting him is almost like meeting 

 an old friend, and I have this morning the pleasure of intro- 

 ducing to you the president of the United States Fruit 

 Growers' Association, Prof. R. L. Watts, of the Pennsylvania 

 State College. Professor W^atts. 



