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my own. Every square foot of the floor space in that barn 

 will see the sunlight, and the rays of the sun direct during 

 some time every sunny day. That is a novelty which few 

 cattle barns — that I have seen, anyway — possess. There 

 will be something like seventy tie-ups of the most modern de- 

 sign, and there will be some other features about the place 

 which are my ow-n design and idea. 



The city of Worcester is growing to be more and more a 

 meeting place for organizations such as yours, and for conven- 

 tions, whether agricultural or political or religious. They are 

 meeting here almost every week. We have the State grange 

 next week, and we have these conventions here continually. 

 It is centrally located and we have now the best of hotel facil- 

 ities and the best of railroad facilities, both electric and steam. 

 And we welcome the members of any and all organizations 

 throughout the State — and, in fact, throughout New England, 

 because this is the center of New England — to Worcester to 

 hold their conventions, and to meet here in our midst. 



It gives me great pleasure, and I assure you it is a great 

 honor, to bring to you here this morning the greetings of the 

 city of Worcester, and a welcome and a godspeed in your 

 future work in your chosen profession. I thank you. 



RESPONSE FOR THE BOARD, BY WILFRID WHEELER. 



On behalf of the members of the Board, in the absence of 

 our first vice-president, Mr. Bursley, I will just say a few 

 words in response to the Honorable George M. Wright's greet- 

 ing to us in this beautiful city of Worcester. 



It certainly gives me great pleasure to thank the mayor for 

 his cordial greeting to us, and I am sure that we appreciate 

 the chance to come to a city like Worcester, which is practically 

 the center of New England, geographically speaking, and also 

 one of the greatest agricultural centers in ^Massachusetts. 

 Worcester is a city which is growing very rapidly, and we are 

 glad to see its growth, and we are glad to believe that agricul- 

 ture has had a great deal to do with the growth of this city. 

 And one of the most hopeful signs of the times to me is to see 

 the chief executives of cities, great business and manufacturing 

 men, business men of all kinds, interested in agriculture as the 



