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worth of apples. If you bad 40 such trees to the acre you 

 could very easily figure out something big in apple raising. 



These meetings are of immense value to those who at- 

 tend them, and, furthermore, the lectures and discussions 

 appear in our annual report, together with much other mat- 

 ter of interest. Sometimes I believe that if they were not so 

 printed we should have larger attendances at these meetings, 

 but we certainly look forward to this meeting as likely to be 

 one of the best which we have ever held. 



The CiiAiKMAN. The next item on the programme is a 

 lecture on " 'New England pastures," by Mr. J. S. Cotton, 

 M.S., of the United States Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Mr. Cotton has traveled all over the United 

 States, looking into this question, and it gives me pleasure to 

 present him to you. 



