ANNUAL MEETING—1868. 
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The question was asked about soil and culture, and it was replied that 
depth of culture was considered of more account than richness, and that the 
runners should be kept off, if large and abundant fruit was wanted. The 
berry grew well on all soils in cultivation. 
EXTRACTS FROM DR. PAUL A. CHADBOURNE’S ADDRESS. 
In the evening, Dr. Paul A. Chadbourne, President of the University of Wis¬ 
consin, delivered an Address, from which the following are extracts: ^ 
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the State Horiicidtural Society :— * * The 
second point which I wish to make is, that the farmer’s home is not always 
as attractive as he might make it. He does not care enough for beauty. This 
is a point to which I shall return when enforcing the claims of Horticulture. 
But I ask, what man in the world can surround himself with all that is 
beautiful at so cheap a rate as the farmer, and where will you find the ele¬ 
ment of beauty so often disregarded as in the farmer’s home. Why should 
not the most beautiful spot on the farm be chosen for the home ? Why should 
not the money spent in building give a tasteful dwelling rather than a huge 
box with a roof upon it and a hole in its side ? 
But we will change the picture and look upon the bright side of the farmer’s 
life. We will try to see what there is attractive in farming and how Horti¬ 
culture can add to that attractiveness, and thus render important aid not 
only in giving us fruit and flowers, but in so adorning plain farming, that it 
may have new attractions for the young. * * * 
Boys^have been disgusted with the farm because they have been overworked 
and have been taught that such work would be needful all their lives, and also 
because they have not found on the farm that gratification of the love of the 
beautiful which God has implanted in every human being. We must invoke 
the aid of science to make the earth produce more bountifully. * 
We muct in every way possible do all we can to add the element of beauty to 
our farms, that they may In all their surroundings, gratify the love of the 
beautiful. In no place in the world can this be more readily done than in 
this western country, than in Wisconsin. The work has been commenced. 
When I came here for the first tifhe, last year, 1 was astonished. I knew 
Wisconsin was anew State, but as I looked out upon the farms of Wisconsin, 
clear of stumps, bordered with old oaks and young vigorous groves, the fields 
showing evidence of great fertility, I was reminded at once of old England; 
and when I returned to Berkshire county in Massachusetts, that looked to me 
like the new country in comparison with Wisconsin. In such a country as 
this, I say, where the soil is fertile and where the land is beautiful, even as it 
came from the Indian owners, there is no excuse for the want of beauty 
around every farmer’s home. He has the means of securing it without the 
cost of a dollar, and even as a means of profit. And to do this, he must mingle 
vnXh plain farming no small element of Horticulture. And right here, gentlemen. 
