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President Ware in opening the subject for debate had a 

 word to say about the value of an education in the sciences, 

 and said that it should be our great aim in life, to mike 

 ourselves useful, and not to make money. 



Rev. 0. S. Butler was introduced as an educator, and 

 dissented from Mr. Bartlett in regard to what he said about 

 the newspapers. No man, said the speaker, owed more to 

 the newspapers than himself, but would agree with Mr. 

 Bartlett that the young should be educated on the line of 

 American citizenship, and have them inform and educate 

 themselves to statecraft. 



The 72nd Institute, and the last of the season was held 

 in Town Hall, Beverly, on Wednesday, April 2nd, and the 

 subject in the forenoon was "Small Fruits'' opened by Al- 

 bert Emerson of Haverhill, who read an able essay on the 

 subject, first treating of the berries as food, claiming that 

 they should be eaten at every meal, ripe and in their natur- 

 al state, and not covered up with artificial sweetness, or 

 spices, the cultivation and eating of small fruits tend to 

 temperance, morality and health. It is economical to grow 

 fruits, they should be grown for the family and for use, for 

 a market crop they pay as well as other crops when grown 

 by the right man and marketed at tlin right time. In 

 growing, a moist soil is best for most berries, but grapes do 

 better on higher ground. 



Mr. J. S. Needham of West Peabody, a veteran in the 

 business, said that although lie had been raising fruit so 

 many years, he did not consider himself an expert, and the 

 more he was in it, the more uncertainty he found ; the great 

 demand is for large berries, especially the strawberry, 

 though the smaller ones have more juice, flavor and rich- 

 ness. He believed that the strawberry did best on light 

 land made rich by fertilizers, but would advise selecting 

 the right variety for the right land. Mr. Aaron Low of 

 Essex, spoke of the peculiarity of the strawberry and 

 thought different varieties did better in different localities ; 

 some kinds would not do well on a heavy loam soil: 



