US STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



hart, "Wheat field ; P. 0. address Mason. C. C. Marsh, Alaicdon ; P. 0. address 

 Mason. 



Recording Secretary — L. II. Ives. 



Corresponding Secretary — A. M. Chapin, 



Treasurer — D. 0. Smith. 



Board of Directors — II. Bristol, H. J. Knight, one year; G. W. Wilson, 

 James L. Fuller, two years ; W. Asa Howe, Willis Horton, three years. 



J-^my Committee — L. H. Ives, Otis Fuller, W. Asa Kowe. 



secretary's report. 



The year which lias just closed — the centennial year — has been one of the 

 most eventful in the history of our nation. The great world's exhibition, which 

 was for so many months the center of attraction, will doubtless leave a perma- 

 nent and beneficial influence on all branches of science and industry in this 

 country, and I believe that the interests of this club will be greatly advanced by 

 it. Many of our members returned from Philadelphia with enlarged views of 

 things in general, and with a determination to go forward and keep pace with 

 the age. 



The centennial exhibition, and the excitement of a presidential campaign, 

 have conspired to reduce the number of our weekly meetings during the sum- 

 mer and fall months. However, it seems to me, if I understand the signs, the 

 pulsations of the club to-day indicate a healthy action of all its vital functions. 



A call from the Secretary, after a few weeks interruption, has never failed to 

 meet with a hearty response by the members of the association. 



The greater portion of what has been accomplished during the year was done 

 during the winter and early spring time. 



The following are the titles of some of the essays read during the year, aside 

 from those which are appended in full : 



A. M. Chapin — "Garden Seeds." 



Otis Fuller — "Our Schools and our Tax-payers." 



C. 0. Marsh — "Care of Farm Horses." 



T. H. Lyon— "Farm Stock." 



Win. M. Webb — "Preservation of Forest Trees." 



Alex. Bush — "Our Public Highways." 



0. M. Barnes — "Centennial Address on the Occasion of Tree Planting." 



C. L. Ingersoll, State Agricultural College — "Improved Breeds of Swine." 



W. A. Howe — "Injurious Insects." 



W. S. Branch— " Dislike of Farming." 



L. II. Ives — "Distribution of Seeds," etc. 



A. M. Chapin — "Insurance." 



Among the temporal improvements made during the year, I notice the large 

 black-board, the material of which was presented by Mr. Wm. Webb, of Au- 

 relius. Samples of the various woods found in this vicinity, collected and 

 presented by members of the club, beside a small collection of rare specimens 

 presented by N. A. Dunning. Several volumes have been added to the library, 

 mostly public documents. A liberal distribution of seeds was made last spring, 

 from which, as yet, no reports have been received. I trust this matter will re- 

 ceive the attention dm; at an early day. All persons receiving seeds through 

 the Club from the department of agriculture should report the result of the 

 experiment. If a failure, from what cause. If a success, kinds of soil, man- 

 ner of cultivation, etc., or any fact tending to throw light on the matter by 



