everbearing strawberries were represented and that they had the usual
pleasure of picking strawberry blossoms in October. Had they been with
us they would have had a large dish of No. 1017 covered with rich cream
and served at the hand of Mrs. Haralson.

Mr. C. S. Harrison: Mr. Chairman, I think the slogan of this society
should be "Urbanize the country and ruralize the town." I see tremendous
changes going on all the while. Can you think of the possibilities of
Minnesota? About 40 per cent of the land under cultivation and that half
worked. By and by there is going to be a crop of boys who will raise
seventy-five to 100 bushels of corn to the acre where their dads raised
twenty-five. You got to keep out of their way, you got to help them
along.




Marketing Fruit by Association.

A. N. GRAY, MGR. BAY LAKE FRUIT GROWERS' ASSN., DEERWOOD.


Marketing fruit or any farm product by association is the modern
farmer's insurance of results.

A great deal might be said on this subject, but I shall tell you briefly
what the Bay Lake Fruit Growers' Association have accomplished.

The first raspberry growing for market at Bay Lake was back in 1886.
Nick Newgard, one of our first settlers, sold quite a few berries that