PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINTER MEETING., 



HELD AT CHARLOTTE, FEBRUARY 14-16, 1894. 



WHILE at this meeting there was a number of excellent papers, the 

 discussions were of a rather primary kind, being mainly instruc- 

 tions from the experienced horticulturists present to those who, in the 

 vicinity of Charlotte, are about to embark in fruitgrowing in a commercial 

 way, or who are owners of orchards once fruitful but now unproductive 

 from neglect. For these reasons there will be but little of the latter fea- 

 ture of the transactions reported, because it would be a restatement of 

 what appears in many places in these Reports. 



The meeting was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the 

 Eaton County Agricultural Society, and the union proved to be greatly to 

 the mutual advantage of the societies. 



The Eaton county fair is in one respect an anomaly among fairs, in that 

 it is managed, and with remarkable success, by two editors. In turn, these 

 two editors were not long ago farmers, but whether they were successful or 

 otherwise as agriculturists, they are decidedly so as journalists. It almost 

 goes without saying that they make of the fair a complete success, showing 

 the past year, when every other fair in the state lost money, a balance of 

 nearly $500 in the treasury, with scarcely any demands upon it. These 

 officials are Messrs. F. N. Green of the Olivet Optic and Geokge A. 

 Perey of the Charlotte Tribune. They were, respectively, president and 

 secretary of the fair. 



The programme was a long one, covering in time from Wednesday 

 evening to and including Friday evening — seven sessions. The papers 

 furnished by the local society were many and in every case meritorious. 

 Mayor Frank Merritt made an excellent address of welcome, to which 

 Mr. Garfield responded. Mr. J. C. Nichols, a Charlotte attorney, treated 

 the "Tramp evil," suggesting methods for its abatement. Hon. D. 

 Strange of Oneida spoke of " The wife's share in the family purse," treat- 

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